False Article about Northern Christians Attributed to Me on WhatsApp
By Farooq Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi A northern Christian fanatic misappropriated my March 5, 2002 column titled "Tinubu, Dogara...
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Showing posts with label fake news. Show all posts
The Viral Audio that Claimed Dasuki was Dead
By Farooq Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi Now that Dasuki is out of jail and we all know for a fact that he is alive, I feel an obligati...
Mercenary “Investigative Journalism” in Service of Fraud
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi As a scholar and teacher of journalism, I am troubled by an emerging character of...
ICIR’s Sponsored Fake “Fact-Checking” About Fake News
By Farooq A. Kperogi Twitter: @farooqkperogi Several weeks ago, someone from Lagos alerted me to what he said was a “hit piece” being...
Fake Viral News about Buhari’s ICC Secret “Integrity” Dossier
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi There is a viral message making the rounds in Nigerian social media circles about...
A Fake London Economist Article About Real Buhari Problems
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi A critical article about the Muhammadu Buhari presidency purportedly written by ...
Growing Cottage Industry of Internet Falsehoods Around Buhari’s Health
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi President Buhari’s health is now the biggest source of clickbait (i.e., intentio...
Fake Trump Quotes about Nigerians and Africans
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi There are scores of fake quotes about Nigerians and Africans attributed to Donal...
Buhari’s Phantom $500M Donation to Clinton’s Campaign
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s emergence as America’s president-elect, fring...
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