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Soyinka Places $1,000 Bounty On Source Of Fake News Attributed To Him

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1 year ago

April 5, 2023

Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has announced a reward of $1,000 for any person that can expose the author of fake news attributed to him in the last six months.

Soyinka made this known during an exclusive interview with Arise TV News morning show on Wednesday while lamenting a lot of false information linked to him as peddled by media platforms.

The literary icon warned that Nigerians should be wary of unfounded information published as fake news capable of stoking violence, which is dangerous to the country’s democracy.

“I also want to use this opportunity, if you don’t mind, to warn your audience: Please beware of fake news. A lot of damage is being done by the propagation of fake news,” Soyinka said.

“Even, as recently as a few days ago. Some verbiage, some garbage, some nauseating news, which you’ve seen many times before have resurrected and attributed to Wole Soyinka. It makes me sick. I do not see why that could not be solved.

“In fact, I think it has reached a stage I’m going to go further. I want to use this opportunity now to announce a reward. I’m not a rich man, but I’m going to announce a reward.

“I look at my account and can afford a thousand dollars to anyone who can finger successfully the author of some of the tracts that are attributed to me over the past six months.

“We have repudiated again and again. Other people (would) come out to say Wole Soyinka never said this. There are some who want to believe it and there are those who have some tractions.

“So, permit me to use you as my advertising board to place a thousand dollars on those (peddling fake news about me).

“I will even go further to raise additional funds for anyone who can please relieve us of false attribution of fake news.”

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VIDEO: Lagos Uncovers Another Under-bridge Apartment

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18 mins ago

May 2, 2024

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The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Thursday, said the state government uncovered an illegal settlement under the Osborne Bridge, Ikoyi, Lagos State.

Wahab shared this information via a post on X.com on Thursday, along with videos.

Sharing a video, the commissioner wrote, “Another illegal settlement was discovered under the Osborne Bridge, Ikoyi.

“Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps #LAGESCOfficial (KAI) commenced immediate clearance operation.”

This comes shortly after reports from PUNCH detailed a similar find under the Dolphin Estate Bridge in Ikoyi, where tenants were reportedly paying annual rents of N250,000.

Wahab specified that the under-bridge apartment comprised 86 partitioned rooms, varying in size from “10×10” to “12×10”.

Watch video below courtesy The PUNCH.

VIDEO: Lagos Uncovers Another Under-bridge Apartment
The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Thursday, said the state government uncovered an illegal settlement under the Osborne Bridge, Ikoyi, Lagos State.
Wahab shared this… pic.twitter.com/2zxaY4Cohy
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JUST IN: Police Arrest Mastermind Of Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack

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33 mins ago

May 2, 2024

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Some families of passengers kidnapped from the bombed Abuja-Kaduna train.

The Nigeria Police Force said its operatives have arrested one Ibrahim Abdullahi, aka Mandi, who is believed to be the mastermind behind the March 2022 Abuja-Kaduna train attack, The Will reports Thursday.

The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, revealed this during a press briefing in Kaduna State.

He stated that 48 AK-47 rifles were recovered during his arrest while investigations are ongoing to identify his sponsor and supplier of the weapons.

Details later…

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JUST IN: Crisis In UniAbuja As ASUU Faction Declares Indefinite Strike

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3 hours ago

May 2, 2024

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The University of Abuja branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared an indefinite strike.

The union announced its decision on Thursday during a congress held at the permanent site of the institution.

Sylvanus Ugoh, the chairman of UniAbuja ASUU, did not immediately respond to TheCable’s inquiries on the development.

But Abubakar Kari, the UniAbuja student affairs dean and ex-convener of ASUU’s national political committee, said the varsity’s branch of the union issued a communique declaring “total and indefinite strike” over a lingering disagreement with the UniAbuja management.

The dispute, he said, borders on four issues including ASUU’s interest in a multi-stakeholder microfinance banking venture, promotion procedures in the absence of a governing council, election for faculty deanship, and alleged illegal appointments.

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