Professionals in the media industry have been urged to co- regulate the social media and come up with policies that will check the upsurge in fake news, graphic violence and sexual exploitation among others.The Regional Director for West Africa Ford Foundation, Dr Chichi Aniagolu-Okoye stated Continue Reading
The Independent NationaI Electoral Commission says the 2022 Electoral Act will be its guiding principle in the conduct of June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State. INEC NationaI Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye made this known in Ado Ekiti while declaring open a capacity building organized for journalists in […]Continue Reading
Secretary, International Press Institute, Alhaji Raheem Adedoyin has urged journalists to always be ethically upright in their day to day reportage of events. He made the call while fielding questions from journalists in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. Alhaji Adedoyin, a former Kwara State Commissioner for Information while expressing worry over the clamours against the term Continue Reading
Media practitioners have been advised to always verify information before reportage. The founder of Ewa Islam Islamic foundation and Chief Imam Labaika central mosque, Dalute Transformer, Ibadan, Alhaji Ismail Oluwakemi-Akeukewe gave the advice during a special Jumat service as part of activities marking 20th anniversary of Premier FM, 93.5. Alhaji Oluwakemi-Akeukewe Continue Reading
Journalists have been charged to always verify information at their disposal before publishing to put an end to fake news and injuring the trust of the audience. The Ogun State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Abdulwaheed Odusile gave the advice in Abeokuta while closing a two day workshop for Health Reporters organised by the […]Continue Reading
Social Media influencers in Oyo state and Nigeria should desist from fanning the ember of discord that could ignite crisis and disunity in the country. Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Bagudu stated this in Shasha Ibadan as the leader of Nigeria Governors’ forum delegation to Oyo state following the clashes which occurred between indigenes and settlers […]Continue Reading
Son of the Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Olaokun says the purported video on social media that his father’s residence in Abeokuta was attacked was not true. According to a astatement issued by the former Ogun state commissioner for Health Soyinka stated that it was true that cows did stray onto his land, but there […]Continue Reading
The Commissioner of Police, Osun State, Mr Olawale Olokode has solicited the support of Radio Nigeria and other traditional media to fight the scourge of fake news. He made the call in his office, when he received the management team of Radio Nigeria Gold FM Ilesa, who paid him a courtesy call. Mr Olokode noted […]Continue Reading
Journalists have been challenged to wrestle social media space with charlatans using the platforms to spread fake news and misinformation. The immediate past General Manager of Nigeria Television Authority, NTA Katsina, Alhaji Ayinde Soaga, disclosed this while speaking on “Journalism in an era of misinformation” at the memorial lecture of the former Continue Reading
Sequel to the havoc wrecked by fake news in the country, journalists have been challenged to upgrade themselves to be a step ahead of rumour mongers in defense national peace and unity. The Zonal Director of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN,Ibadan National Station, Alhaji Mohammed Bello gave the challengeduring a gala night that […]Continue Reading
On October 24th, 2020, an audio was posted on YouTube. In the audio were voices of two men with one of the voices making some claims while the other was interviewing him. The twenty-eight minute audio has garnered over eight hundred and ninety two thousand views, twelve thousand Likes, three hundred and sixty views and over […]Continue Reading
No doubt, various parts of the world have at one point or the other faced challenges connected with misinformation and disinformation. Experts and even some state-actors refer to mis or disinformation as “fake news, this means that not all news on social media is accurate and objective. On the severity of misinformation, what readily comes to […]Continue Reading
District superintendent of Assemblies of God church Oyo state, Rev Amos Folarin, has advised the youths to shun all forms of violence in driving home their demand. Rev Folarin made the call while speaking with Radio Nigeria on the prevalent insecurity occasioned by ENDSARS protest in the country. The cleric who described as unfortunate, the […]Continue Reading
No doubt, various parts of the world have at one point or the other faced many challenges. Some of such challenges connected with misinformation and disinformation cut across all the continents of the world. Experts and even some state-actors refer to misinformation or disinformation as “fake news”, although some feel that this characterization waters down […]Continue Reading
A former South-West Bureau Chief of the Punch newspaper, Mr OlalereFagbola wants the government to strengthen the media to get rid of fakenews in the society. Mr Fagbola who was a guest lecturer at a two-day mini programme planning conference organized by Gold FM, Ilesa, said, the social media had bequeathed powers to individuals who […]Continue Reading
.Oyo State Government has described as untrue news circulating that Governor Seyi Makinde has lifted the ban on public gathering in the state. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and publicity, Mr Jide Ajani disassociates government from a fake press statement presently in circulation, referencing some Executive Orders allegedly issued by […]Continue Reading