Fake News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:26:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Fake News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 NNPC Debunks Rumors of Fuel Price Reduction https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpc-debunks-rumors-of-fuel-price-reduction/ https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpc-debunks-rumors-of-fuel-price-reduction/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 20:30:11 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=374245 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has refuted reports claiming that it has reduced the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and Automotive Gas Oil (diesel). Olufemi Soneye, NNPC’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, issued a statement on Wednesday dismissing the rumors as false. Soneye urged Nigerians to disregard the reports, emphasizing that NNPC has not [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/nnpc-debunks-rumors-of-fuel-price-reduction/feed/ 0 I Don’t Like It When The Press Invents News With My Name – Conte https://www.theinfostride.com/i-dont-like-it-when-the-press-invents-news-with-my-name-conte/ https://www.theinfostride.com/i-dont-like-it-when-the-press-invents-news-with-my-name-conte/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2022 18:59:51 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=323890 Tottenham boss, Antonio Conte has come out to react to reports linking him away from the club. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting. According to him, the recent reports linking him to Paris St-Germain are nothing more than fake news that should not be taken seriously. [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/i-dont-like-it-when-the-press-invents-news-with-my-name-conte/feed/ 0 Ogun State Government debunks Video of Bandits in Ogere Forest, says Visual Hoax https://www.theinfostride.com/ogun-state-government-debunks-video-of-bandits-in-ogere-forest-says-visual-hoax/ https://www.theinfostride.com/ogun-state-government-debunks-video-of-bandits-in-ogere-forest-says-visual-hoax/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:14:01 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=322340 The Government of Ogun State has debunked the video being circulated on some social media platforms (such as WhatsApp) that bandits have taken over Ogere Remo forest in the state. The video claimed to have been recorded by drones, and which is 2 minutes 50 seconds, showed some men cooking on a fire in a [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/ogun-state-government-debunks-video-of-bandits-in-ogere-forest-says-visual-hoax/feed/ 0 Amazon asks social media companies to help it root out fake reviews https://www.theinfostride.com/amazon-asks-social-media-companies-to-help-it-root-out-fake-reviews/ https://www.theinfostride.com/amazon-asks-social-media-companies-to-help-it-root-out-fake-reviews/#respond Thu, 17 Jun 2021 18:49:11 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=297570 Amazon is appealing to social media companies to help curb the spread of fake reviews on its site. In a blog post Wednesday, Amazon said bad actors are increasingly turning to outside social media platforms to buy and sell fake product reviews; which has made it more challenging for the company to put an end [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/amazon-asks-social-media-companies-to-help-it-root-out-fake-reviews/feed/ 0 Fake News Can Lead To Violence — Senator Aliyu Sabi https://www.theinfostride.com/fake-news-can-lead-to-violence-senator-aliyu-sabi/ Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:30:39 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=242229 Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi has come out to say that those against the Hate Speech Bill are not aware of the dangers ahead if the bill is not passed into law. In a recent statement by Senator Abdullahi, he said the opponents are only pretending to safeguard “Freedom of [...]

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]]> Fake News Is A Cancer Waiting To Consume Us All – Senator Elisha Abbo https://www.theinfostride.com/fake-news-is-a-cancer-waiting-to-consume-us-all-senator-elisha-abbo/ Thu, 21 Nov 2019 03:23:20 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=241478 Senator Elisha Abbo (Adamawa North – PDP) fully backs the controversial bill to regulate social media in Nigeria. The ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation 2019’ bill passed second reading during plenary in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly on Wednesday, November 20, 2019. As senators deliberated on the bill, Sen Elisha said [...]

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]]> Kogi Elections: Politicians Spread Fake News To Delegitimize INEC – CDD https://www.theinfostride.com/kogi-elections-politicians-spread-fake-news-to-delegitimize-inec-cdd/ Sun, 17 Nov 2019 20:11:02 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=241106 The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has come out to say that political parties used fake news to delegitimize Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during Kogi governorship election. Ms Idayat Hassan, Director CDD, revealed this in the group’s preliminary statement on the conduct of Saturday’s Kogi governorship election. Idayat disclosed that the CDD’s electoral [...]

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]]> Whoever Is Spreading Fake News About Me Will Confess– Ubi Franklin https://www.theinfostride.com/whoever-is-spreading-fake-news-about-me-will-confess-ubi-franklin/ Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:57:10 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=235096 After the recent controversy involving Ubi Franklin, Davido and Chioma, the music director has come out to write about the excessive fake news that keeps circulating about him. He revealed that whoever is behind it should continue till he or she goes broke and cannot record a hit song, hinting the person is into music. [...]

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]]> Spreaders Of Fake News Are Weak People – Ubi Franklin https://www.theinfostride.com/spreaders-of-fake-news-are-weak-people-ubi-franklin/ Mon, 17 Jun 2019 15:49:22 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=234803 Record label owner, Ubi Franklin has had his say on anyone who hides behind a fake account to spread fake news. He called them weaklings He then adviced everyone to be good to others. See what he shared,

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]]> Buhari Is Sponsoring Fake News On Social Media – PPCO https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-is-sponsoring-fake-news-on-social-media-ppco/ Sun, 13 Jan 2019 16:24:53 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=225322 The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) has denied statements by President Muhammadu Buhari, in a tweet, that a Director General in the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign for the North East has exited the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC). They said it is sad that, in the desperation to lie to Nigerians [...]

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]]> Fake News And Hate Speeches Are Dividing Nigeria – Aminu Tambuwal https://www.theinfostride.com/fake-news-and-hate-speeches-are-dividing-nigeria-aminu-tambuwal/ Sun, 23 Dec 2018 12:14:25 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=223898 Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Saturday has urged journalists to ignore fake news and work within the rules that govern their profession. Tambuwal said hate speech and fake news are becoming very negative forces that divide the society. “This has since become a threat in our Democratic system, as such we should always [...]

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]]> US Ban Is All Fake News – Runtown https://www.theinfostride.com/us-ban-is-all-fake-news-runtown/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 10:05:23 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=223772 Runtown has come out to deny the claims by his former record label that he has been banned from the United States of America. According to blogger, Linda Ikeji, they reached out to Runtown and he denied the claims that he has been banned from entering the United States of America. “It’s all fake news. [...]

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]]> Social Media Spread Fake News In Nigeria – Lai Mohammed https://www.theinfostride.com/social-media-spread-fake-news-in-nigeria-lai-mohammed/ Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:35:22 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=211722 Lai Mohammed has said despite the killings resulting from clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the country, Nigeria is not at war. Mohammed who urged Nigerians in the diaspora to depend on only credible media outlets for news about happenings in the country cautioned them against relying on posts via the social media. “Most of [...]

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]]> Fake News: President Buhari’s Trip to US credited to Minister Untrue – Lai Mohammed https://www.theinfostride.com/fake-news-president-buharis-trip-to-us-credited-to-minister-untrue-lai-mohammed/ https://www.theinfostride.com/fake-news-president-buharis-trip-to-us-credited-to-minister-untrue-lai-mohammed/#comments Tue, 05 Sep 2017 21:59:34 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=180903 Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called on Nigerians to disregard the fake news being circulated via a parody Twitter account and an old NTA news video that President Muhammadu Buhari is travelling or has travelled to the US. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday, the Minister said one [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/fake-news-president-buharis-trip-to-us-credited-to-minister-untrue-lai-mohammed/feed/ 1 Our Information Officers Are Well Prepared To Tackle Fake News – Lai Mohammed https://www.theinfostride.com/our-information-officers-are-well-prepared-to-tackle-fake-news-lai-mohammed/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 21:06:36 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=174241 Nigeria’s Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed had disclosed that the Ministry has strengthened the capacity of its Information Officers to tackle the menace of fake news with fact-based counter-narrative. Alh. Mohammed stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 in his keynote address at a capacity building Workshop for Strategic Communication Liaison [...]

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]]> Fake News, Disinformation, Hate Speech among Political Tools to discredit Government – Lai Mohammed https://www.theinfostride.com/fake-news-disinformation-hate-speech-among-political-tools-to-discredit-government-lai-mohammed/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 23:19:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=173260 The Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohammed, has said the growing cases of hate speech, disinformation and fake news in the country are being orchestrated by naysayers and their sponsors to discredit the government, destabilize the polity and make the country ungovernable. The Minister made the statement at the Extra-ordinary Meeting of the [...]

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