Fake News

By Farooq A. Kperogi SEVERAL weeks ago, someone from Lagos alerted me to what he said was a “hit piece” being hatched…

Ahead of the 2019 Nigeria's general elections, many Nigerians knowingly or ignorantly shared misinformation on the…

THE video of badly burnt persons being circulated on social media, particularly Whatsapp, purporting to be victims of…

FACT-CHECKING no doubt has become an important area of journalism globally and is increasingly taking centre stage…

PREMIUM Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ) has commenced a seven-day training for 100 journalists across…

AHEAD of the presidential and parliamentary elections on Saturday, the Election Analysis Centre (EAC) of the Centre of…

THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode…

WOLE Soyinka, Nigerian playwright and Nobel laureate, has warned about the adverse effects of fake news, describing…

By Fredrick Nwabufo   The APC and the PDP are at a fake-news race.  It appears both parties are set on a single…

AS the 2019 general elections draw closer, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) and the…