LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Peter Obi’s Media Office wishes to clearly reject a statement made by former Minister of Sports Development and African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain, Solomon Dalung. Dalung claimed that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has not visited Plateau State since the end of the 2023 general…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo State Police Command has dismissed as false and misleading reports circulating on social media that victims abducted at Igbope in Oorelope Local Government Area of the state had been rescued. The Command said the claim, contained in a viral video and related online posts, was unfounded and capable of creating…
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…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There have been news making rounds that the ‘Kenyan Jesus’ who was invited by a pastor to preach in the country has been deported. This is false. Identified as “Michael Job”, the “modern-day Jesus” is an American preacher and actor. He is in Kenya attending an interdenominational Christian event as a guest…