LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire on Wednesday presided over a council of ministers meeting at the presidential palace in Abidjan, the Ivorian capital. The Ivorian presidency confirmed Ouattara’s attendance in a statement it issued, including pictures showing the president and cabinet members at the meeting. False rumours of a military coup…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Air Peace airlines has described as false and malicious a report circulating on social media of a purported plane crash involving one of its aircraft in the Western Sahara region. This is contained in a statement signed by the airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Dr. Ejike Ndiulo, on Friday in Lagos…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Facebook post claimed pictures it shared showed the aftermath of a gun attack on the convoy of Peter Obi, a Nigerian opposition leader who is contesting next year’s presidential election. This is false; all the images depict various incidents from previous years and were not taken in Abuja, as the post…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is denied reports from the media stating that Director General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu is in ‘quarantine over coronavirus’. A press statement made available to NewsRangers described the publication as false. “This is false. Between the 16th and 24th of February 2020, the World Health Organization deployed…