Facebook Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/facebook/ Reliable Platform for Press Release Syndication Sat, 20 Jun 2026 22:21:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://i0.wp.com/prnigeria.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PRNigeria-Icon.jpg?fit=32%2C23&ssl=1 Facebook Archives - PRNigeria News https://prnigeria.com/tag/facebook/ 32 32 42672738 When Bandits Go Live: Has Crime Entered The Age Of Digital Celebrity? By Haroon Aremu https://prnigeria.com/2026/06/20/when-bandits-live-crime/ Sat, 20 Jun 2026 22:13:48 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=193082 When Bandits Go Live: Has Crime Entered The Age Of Digital Celebrity? By Haroon Aremu There was a time when crime in Nigeria operated in silence and shadow, confined to forests, remote villages, midnight raids, and the hidden corridors of ransom negotiations, but today that darkness appears to have shifted into a more public and […]

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]]> 193082 FCT NSCDC Nabs Suspects Behind Fake Facebook Account Impersonating Commandant, Others https://prnigeria.com/2024/04/30/fct-nscdc-nabs-suspects-fake/ Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:39:44 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=131822 FCT NSCDC Nabs Suspects Behind Fake Facebook Account Impersonating Commandant, Others The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), FCT Command has arrested two brothers, Henry Ushie Odep, 34, and Emanuel Ushie Odep, 23, for allegedly impersonating the FCT Commandant, Commandant Olusola Odumosu, and other citizens on Facebook for fraudulent purposes. Odumosu disclosed this in […]

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]]> 131822 Beware of Scammers – FCT NSCDC Raises Alarm Over Fraudulent Facebook Account https://prnigeria.com/2023/09/28/facebook-nscdc-fct-scammer/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:20:02 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=106403 Beware of Scammers – FCT NSCDC Raises Alarm Over Fraudulent Facebook Account The attention of the FCT Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Olusola Odumosu, has been drawn to reports on the existence of a Fake Facebook account opened by fraudsters in his name. The unauthorised and fraudulent  Facebook account which […]

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]]> 106403 A Video of Black African Child Being ‘Dehumanized’ in France an Art Work, Not True- PRNigeria Fact-Check Reveals https://prnigeria.com/2023/09/08/a-video-of-black-african/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:45:10 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=105194 A Video of Black African Child Being ‘Dehumanized’ in France an Art Work, Not True- PRNigeria Fact-Check Reveals A viral video recently shared on social media platforms may have portrayed two white men and a woman urinating on a Black African Child. https://prnigeria.com/2023/09/07/white-men-pee-france/ But a fact-check by PRNigeria has however confirmed that the claim is […]

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]]> 105194 Like Nigeria, Indonesia may Block Facebook, Google, WhatsApp over New Regulations https://prnigeria.com/2022/07/19/facebook/ Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:42:33 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=74972 Like Nigeria, Indonesia may Block Facebook, Google, WhatsApp over New Regulations The Indonesian authorities are set to block social media applications and online sites including Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp. The decision of the Indonesian government is similar to a recent indication by Nigeria to sanction tech giants who refuse to register for operation in the […]

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]]> 74972 NITDA’s ‘Code of Practice for Online Platforms’ and National Security https://prnigeria.com/2022/06/15/nitda-code-practice-online/ Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:04:28 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=73361 NITDA’s ‘Code of Practice for Online Platforms’ and National Security By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi In a bid to ensure that sanity is maintained in Nigeria’s internet circuit, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), recently unveiled a Code of Practice for Online Platforms. The move is aimed at regulating the online platforms’ mode of operations […]

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]]> 73361 Jatto Jailed in Ilorin for Claiming to be Founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg https://prnigeria.com/2021/10/14/jatto-jailed-claiming-facebook/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 14:11:31 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=67658 Jatto Jailed in Ilorin for Claiming to be Founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg A 21 year-old internet fraudster, Jatto Sheriff Umar, who posed as the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, in order to defraud unsuspecting victims via online relationship, was on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 convicted and sentenced to prison for offences bordering on personation […]

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]]> 67658 Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp outage affirms Mark Zuckerberg as Tech King https://prnigeria.com/2021/10/06/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-ech/ Wed, 06 Oct 2021 17:28:56 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=67383 Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp outage affirms Mark Zuckerberg as Tech King By Wale Odunsi At about 16:00 GMT on Monday, October 4, smartphone users around the world noticed a lull in Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp updates, the second time in 2021. In Nigeria, many initially thought it was the periodic outage of network services. There is […]

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]]> 67383 WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram Go Down in Nigeria and Elsewhere https://prnigeria.com/2021/10/04/whatsapp-facebook-instagram/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:51:48 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=67305 WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram Go Down in Nigeria and Elsewhere The three apps,  WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure have stopped working shortly before 5 pm in Nigeria and elsewhere across the globe. Other related products, such as Facebook Messenger and Workplace, have also stopped working. […]

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]]> 67305 Social Media: Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp More Popular than Twitter- PR Expert https://prnigeria.com/2021/08/22/facebook-youtube-whatsapp-twitter/ Sun, 22 Aug 2021 21:47:59 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=65648 Social Media: Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp More Popular than Twitter- PR Expert A public relations practitioner has described Facebook, YouTube and WhatsApp as more popular than Twitter, another influential social media platform. The Editor-in-Chief of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential, Malam Yushau A. Shuaib, made this known during his presentation at a Pan-African Social Media Summit held […]

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]]> 65648 Fact-Check: Was Maj-Gen Atolagbe Removed as STF Commander Because He Arrested Fulani Herdsmen in Plateau? https://prnigeria.com/2021/07/06/fact-check-atolagbestf-commander-fulani/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 18:48:19 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=64466 Was Maj-Gen Atolagbe Removed as STF Commander Because He Arrested Fulani Herdsmen in Plateau? Claim: A message trending on WhatsApp and Facebook claim that Commander of the Special Task Force in Plateau State, one Major-Gen. Atolagbe was removed from office because he arrested Fulani militia including their financier in Plateau and paraded them publicly. The […]

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]]> 64466 Fact-Check: Were Photos of Recovered Weapons, Charms in Igboho’s House Posted on Facebook in 2013? https://prnigeria.com/2021/07/05/fact-check-weapons-charms-igboho/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 12:59:04 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=64440 Fact-Check: Were Photos of Recovered Weapons and Charms in Sunday Igboho’s House Posted on Facebook in 2013? Claim: An unidentified individual in a viral video has claimed that the guns recovered from Sunday Igboho’s house during a raid on his facility are not real but extracted from a Facebook post dated as far back as […]

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]]> 64440 Data Security: NITDA Advises Nigerians on WhatsApp Privacy Policy Changes https://prnigeria.com/2021/05/17/nitda-advises-nigerians-whatsapp/ Mon, 17 May 2021 19:43:34 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=63273 NITDA Advises Nigerians on WhatsApp Privacy Policy Changes The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) under Section 6 (f) of the NITDA Act 2007 wishes to provide this advisory to Nigerians to address Nigerian concerns on changes to Whatsapp Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which took effect on 15th May, 2021. Millions of Nigerians […]

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]]> 63273 NAF Commences Online Recruitment Exercise Free of Charge https://prnigeria.com/2020/07/11/naf-commences-recruitment-free/ Sat, 11 Jul 2020 18:47:18 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=34190 NAF Commences Online Recruitment Exercise Free of Charge Information reaching the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) indicates that some unscrupulous individuals have established fraudulent Facebook and WhatsApp groups with the objective of extorting money from unsuspecting applicants/candidates under the false impression that they can guarantee them eventual recruitment into the Service in the 2020 NAF Trades/Non-Trades […]

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]]> 34190 Red Cross, Facebook Launch AfricaTogether Campaign on Covid-19 https://prnigeria.com/2020/06/03/red-cross-facebook-covid-19/ Wed, 03 Jun 2020 12:24:23 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=33049 Red Cross, Facebook Launch AfricaTogether Campaign on Covid-19 The International Red Cross, Red Crescent Movement and Facebook are partnering in the launch of #AfricaTogether – a digital campaign festival featuring artists from across Africa to encourage continued vigilance against Covid-19. With more than 100,000 Covid-19 cases confirmed on the continent and containment measures easing in […]

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]]> 33049 Ex VP Namadi Sambo disowns Social Media Accounts https://prnigeria.com/2019/08/08/namadi-disowns-media-accounts/ Thu, 08 Aug 2019 15:42:15 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=24249 Ex VP Namadi Sambo disowns Social Media Accounts Former Vice President, Arc Mohammed Namadi Sambo, GCON has described as “mischievous and unsolicited” posts made on Facebook and other social media accounts purportedly in his name by unknown persons. In a statement personally signed by the former Nigeria’s Vice President, Sambo said “My attention has been […]

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]]> 24249 DSS Nabs Dan-Halilu, former Politics Editor over Facebook Post Supporting Revolution https://prnigeria.com/2019/08/05/dss-dan-halilu-facebook-revolution/ Mon, 05 Aug 2019 16:45:05 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=24083 DSS Nabs Dan-Halilu, former Politics Editor over Facebook Post Supporting Revolution A former Politics Editor at Daily Trust newspaper, Ibrahim Dan-Halilu, has been arrested by the Department for Security Service (DSS) in Kaduna for allegedly supporting the activities of RevolutionNow in a Facebook post. The group, which is agitating for a revolution movement in Nigeria, […]

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]]> 24083 Finally, EFCC Nabs Notorious FaceBook Hacker in Warri https://prnigeria.com/2019/07/19/efcc-nabs-facebook-hacker/ https://prnigeria.com/2019/07/19/efcc-nabs-facebook-hacker/#respond Fri, 19 Jul 2019 16:00:54 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=23493 Finally, EFCC Nabs Notorious FaceBook Hacker in Warri Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office have arrested a notorious FaceBook accounts hacker, Okohwan Kelvin; he was arrested recently in Warri, Delta State. His arrest followed discreet monitoring of his online activities, based on complaints from members of the public […]

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]]> https://prnigeria.com/2019/07/19/efcc-nabs-facebook-hacker/feed/ 0 23493 Kukasheka Denies Political Reason for Retirement https://prnigeria.com/2019/02/21/kukasheka-denies-reason-retirement/ https://prnigeria.com/2019/02/21/kukasheka-denies-reason-retirement/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:02:08 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=18367 Kukasheka Denies Political Reason for Retirement My attention has been drawn to a mischievous fake news fabricated by an IPOB member and Social Media worker of one the political parties, that goes by the name Engr Jude Chinedu, which he posted on his Facebook wall on Monday 18th February 2019 at about 11.55am, alleging that […]

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]]> https://prnigeria.com/2019/02/21/kukasheka-denies-reason-retirement/feed/ 1 18367 BUK Students Participate in Facebook Project https://prnigeria.com/2018/07/21/buk-students-participate-facebook-project/ https://prnigeria.com/2018/07/21/buk-students-participate-facebook-project/#respond Sat, 21 Jul 2018 09:48:05 +0000 https://prnigeria.com/?p=14890 BUK Students Participate in Facebook Project The Dean Students’ Affairs of Bayero University Kano (BUK), Dr Shamsudeen Umar has commended the active participation of students of the university in the just concluded Spring 2018 Peer to Peer Contest. Dr Shamsudeen gave the commendation during a certificate and gift presentation to mark the successful completion of […]

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