Dalori or Dolari, and the fake news that sucked us in

It’s official. The Internet is an irredeemable buffoon effectual at churning up fake news and confusing names, of villages, that is.

Over the course of the past week, we were sucked in by these five news stories that were actually untrue.

1. Tolu Ogunlesi calls Jonathan “ineffectual buffoon”

The Economist, Saturday, published an article where it criticised President Muhammadu Buhari’s economic policies and called former president Goodluck Jonathan an “ineffectual buffoon.”

Trent later told us all the article was ghost-written by Nigerian journalist Tolu Ogunlesi who denied the claim.

2. Eritrea compels men to marry at least two wives or be jailed for life

It’s ridiculously untrue. Twitter was agog when the article hit the Internet last Monday. The Kenya editor who approved the original post has been redeployed.

3. El Chapo Guzman escapes prison a third time

This one sucked us in on Sunday, and we’re sorry. El Chapo Guzman is still locked in a maximum-security prison in Mexico. He’s awaiting an impending extradition to the United States over drug trafficking related charges.

4. Rwanda qualifies for CHAN after CAF axed Congo

Nope. Not true.

5. And there’s this confusion about Dalori…oh sorry, Dolari…or is it Dalori?

Boko Haram attacked a village near Maiduguri, the Borno State capital of Nigeria killing scores. The Internet cannot agree on the name of the village.

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But Buhari is getting us confused.

Should we go with the National Emergency Management Agency?

Or is it Reuters that agrees with NEMA?

Chai!