Ex-Kwara Grand Kadi cautions against fake news

Date: 2021-01-11

A retired Grand Kadi of Kwara State, Justice Salihu Oloruntoyin Muhammad has cautioned against the preponderance of fake news.

According to him, the harmful effect of fake news does no society any good. Speaking at a special prayer session of the state chapter of the National League of Veteran Journalists (NALVEJ) in Ilorin on Saturday, the Jurist admonished media practitioners not to seek cheap popularity through falsehood cloaked as news stories for public consumption.

Justice Muhammad, who alluded to the recent report on social media platforms that the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Muhammed Tanko Ibrahim, had contracted COVID-19, attributed it to the handiwork of fake news peddlers. He implored Journalists to be mindful of what they disseminate as news, because fake news would not serve the society well.

The jurist identified unverified report as one of the problems confronting the nation and should not be allowed to thrive owing to its destructive tendencies. He tasked veteran journalists to help curb the activities of fake news peddlers for the sake of peace and stability of the nation.

The jurist called on Muslims and Christians to unite and be their brother's keepers regardless of religious differences.

According to him, "there must be unity amongst us as Nigerians adding that as Muslims, they cannot live alone as Allah didn't design that it is only Muslims that will be in this world, neither did he decide that only Christians should be in this world".

"All of us are in the market to sell our wares. Tell us about Jesus. Tell us about why we should be with him. That is all. Don't abuse. Don't denigrate. Then, I will tell you about Islam. This is how it is. This is how it should be," he further explained.

Similarly, the former Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state, Reverend Cornelius Fawenu, warned against using religion and ethnic sentiments to tear the nation's fabric apart. He noted that the prevalence of fake news in the society was affecting the orientation of the people and called for caution.

Also speaking, the Chairman, state chapter of NALVEJ, Alhaji Mohammed Tunde Akanbi, said the prayer session was organised to seek divine face "to solve the problems confronting us as a nation and the entire universe such as Covid-19 pandemic and the insecurity ravaging the nation".

The event featured Muslim and Christian prayers for healing of the nation and was led by the Imam of Radio Kwara, Imam Olayiwola Abdulsalam and Prophet Femi Dairo of Christ Apostolic Church, Ilorin

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Alabere     Abubakar Atiku     NIPOGA     Col. Adedipe     Oluranti Idowu     Jimoh Akani     Abdulkareem Alabi     Amasa     Mohammed Abduraheem     Rihanat Ajia     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Ado Ibrahim     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Kwara Poly     Tanke Road     Kisira     Adeola Abraham     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Labaeka     Musibau Akanji     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Mohammed Lawal     Third Estate     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Ibrahim Akaje     Babajide Ajayi     Ilofa     Yusuf Ali     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Moro     John Dara     Ilorin International Airport     GGDSS Pakata     Kumbi Titiloye     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Fulani     Harrison Osauwagboe     Oke-Ode     Irepodun     Omu-aran     Owo Isowo     Mahee Abdulkadir     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Muyideen Ajani Bello     VADA     Gamji Members Association     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Oba-Solagberu     Bashiru Makama     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Shehu Adaramaja     Oke-Kura     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Iyabo Adewuyi     NSCIA     Mansur Alfanla     LABTOP     Hakeem Idris     Temi Kolawole     Khairat Gwadabe     Adamu Atta     Students Union Government     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Danhawa     Yahya Mohammed     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Amoyo     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Funke Adedoyin     Olatunji Ayeni     Agboola Babatunde    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Vasolar Consortium     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     ASMAU PLAZA     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Aisha Buhari     Hassan Saliu     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Cassava Growers\' Association     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Salihu S. Yaru     Erubu Oba Zubair     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Yinka Aluko     Sebastine Obasi     Abdulkarim Adisa     Igbomina     Durbar     Ayo Salami     Police Commissioner     Afolayan     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Mahe Abdulkadir     Ridwan Agboola     Gbugbu     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Muritala Awodun     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Javed Khan     SWAN     Jawondo     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Ilorin Durbar     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Usman Alkali Baba     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Christopher Ayeni     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Olomu     Marafan Shonga     Tinubu     Ajayi Okasanmi     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Tafida Of Kaiama     Sunday Fagbemi     Adisa Logun     Saidu Yaro Musa     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Senate President     Oke-opin     COVID-19 Palliatives     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Isiaka Abdulrazak     UITH     LABTOP     Oniyangi     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Quareeb     Yekeen Alabi     Obayomi Azeez     Olayinka Olaogun     KWSUED     Dele Belgore     Ajidagba     Valsolar Consultoria     NFAI     Ayodele Shittu     Afetu Of Alabe     Funmilayo Zubair     Saliu Alamoyo     Mufti Of Ilorin     Lai Gobir     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar