Facebook has said it is running a fact-checking pilot in Nigeria to help stop the spread of fake news about coronavirus Report Focus News has learnt . The social media giant says it will use its messaging app – WhatsApp – to
Son of popular Nigerian singer, David Adeleke and his partner, Chioma is reportedly dead. An Instagram post by ace comedian, Ayo Makun, populary known as AY confirmed in the early hours of Tuesday morning. According to information gathered, the young lad who just celebrated his third birthday was said to have drowned in a swimming
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An APC leader has dismissed as false, claims that presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is sick and recuperating in a London hospital. The source, who was privy to the former Lagos governor’s trip, said: “Tinubu is not sick. I saw him before he travelled on Saturday night to London.” Asked whether the APC presidential candidate
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The authorities in Nigeria say more than 300 people have been killed and more than 100,000 displaced by floods across the country since July. Homes and farms have also been devastated. The West African country is currently experiencing its worst deadly floods in many years. The authorities say 29 of its 36 states have been
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Popular Nigerian singer David Adeleke, also known as Davido, has proven that he has good friends. Davido asked his friends to help him raise 1 million Naira but the reaction and response to his plea has left many Nigerians and the world in shock. Davido received over N53 million in cash transfers in less than
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A Nigerian judge on Wednesday adjourned the trial of separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu until January after his lead lawyer walked out in protest because security agents refused other defence lawyers access to the courtroom. At his last court appearance on October 21, Kanu, a British citizen, pleaded not guilty to seven charges that included terrorism,
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Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which is agitating for the breakaway of southeastern Nigeria, is due to return to a court in the capital, Abuja, on Wednesday. The charges against Mr Kanu, a British citizen, include calling for secession, knowingly broadcasting falsehoods about President Muhammadu Buhari and being a member
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Nigerian security forces Friday rescued six people who had been seized at a university near the capital’s international airport, police said. The victims were kidnapped Tuesday from the University of Abuja in Giri, raising fears for security around the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport some 20 kilometres away. Abuja police spokesperson Josephine Adeh said in a
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The death toll from the collapsed high-rise building under construction in the Nigerian city of Lagos has risen to 36. Rescuers have been looking for survivors since the building came crashing down on Monday, but no-one has been found alive since Tuesday. On the fourth day of the rescue operation, the crowd around the site
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Gunmen have killed 16 worshippers at a mosque in central Nigeria, a government official said on Tuesday, in the latest violence in the restive region. Scores of gunmen on motorcycles stormed Maza-Kuka village in Mashegu district of Niger state on Monday and opened fire during morning prayers, said Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, the secretary to the
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LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigeria has launched a digital currency which the Central Bank of Nigeria says is a “major step forward in the evolution of money” in Africa’s most populous country. President Muhammadu Buhari said at the launch Monday that the digital currency and the blockchain technology it uses can foster economic growth and increase
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