{"id":21350,"date":"2025-01-22T09:36:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=21350"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T08:36:38","slug":"fabricated-vanguard-website-trends-with-fake-kadaria-ahmeds-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/fabricated-vanguard-website-trends-with-fake-kadaria-ahmeds-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabricated Vanguard website trends with fake Kadaria Ahmed\u2019s interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: A sponsored advert from an Instagram account claimed<\/a> that the Central Bank of Nigeria has sued Kadaria Ahmed, founder of Daria Media, over an alleged interview with News Central TV.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: FALSE. DUBAWA’s findings revealed that such an interview did not hold, let alone spur a legal battle between the apex bank and the veteran journalist. Also, the supposed publication in the Vanguard newspaper is fake.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An Instagram page, Stoney Transit Homes, made a sponsored post<\/a> on Dec. 18, 2024, with a featured image designed like a report from the Vanguard newspaper. The supposed headline read, \u201cKadaria Ahmed didn\u2019t know the microphone was on. We say goodbye to him forever. This is a sad day for all of Nigeria.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


When we clicked on the attached link, it displayed another page with the headline, \u201cCentral Bank of Nigeria sues Kadaria Ahmed over statements she made on live television,\u201d indicating an alleged legal feud between the revered media icon and Nigeria\u2019s apex bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA attempted to click on the page for more information, but the sponsored post is not connected to any page. We searched for Stoney Transit Homes on Instagram but got no results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of Jan. 20, 2025, seven comments were seen on the page\u2019s comment section, all indicating that the page and post are malicious. However, a popular Nigerian blog, BaseTVreport, published<\/a> the claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The severity of the information\u2019s implications for Ms Ahmed\u2019s reputation prompted DUBAWA to verify the claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We clicked on the link<\/a> to the designed \u201cVanguard newspaper\u201d website and discovered the features of the report differed from the original Vanguard publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We validated our findings using a report<\/a> titled \u201cPositive Signals for Healthcare, by Dakuku Peterside,\u201d published on Jan. 7, 2025. Original Vanguard publications had their logo at the top left corner of the page layout, compared to the fake link, which placed the logo at the top centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, the Vanguard page layout contains the publication date, \u201cnews,\u201d and their social media accounts represented by the symbols on the page\u2019s lefthand side. Also, the righthand side displays the latest published news but these features were absent in the fake link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We proceeded to identify the different font and page designs used in both instances. While Vanguard newspaper uses font colour code #3A3A39 and size 22 of the Cardiff typeface for the headline, the fake page used colour code #2A303B and size 32 of the Georgia typeface. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fake link’s copy claimed News Central TV conducted the interview allegedly between Ms Ahmed and Rabiu Kwankwaso, Kano state\u2019s former governor. We used Google Lens to trace the source of the image in the link to a Facebook post<\/a> made by Mr Kwankwaso on Nov. 19, 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the day, he was invited as the New Nigeria People\u2019s Party (NNPP) presidential candidate to the Candidates Presidential Town Hall. In this media interactive series, Ms Ahmed interviewed presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 election in Nigeria. Throughout the interview<\/a>, the speakers did not advertise the money-doubling platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the interview image\u2019s source.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA went through the transcript of the supposed interview on the website and noticed it was portrayed as if Ms Ahmed vouched for a trading platform called ParagonixPrimeX<\/a>. When we clicked the Vanguard logo on the website, it redirected users to the ParagonPrimeX platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the ParagonPrimeX homepage.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We could not find evidence of any litigation against Ms Ahmed on the Central Bank of Nigeria<\/a>\u2019s website and social media accounts. DUBAWA also checked through Vanguard newspaper and other credible media organisations since Dec. 18, 2024, and found no news about such an incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is no record of Nigeria\u2019s Central Bank suing Kadaria Ahmed over an interview published in Vanguard newspaper. The interview is fake, and the claim is a mischievous attempt to promote a phoney trading platform named ParagonPrimeX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: A sponsored advert from an Instagram account claimed that the Central Bank of Nigeria has sued Kadaria Ahmed, founder of Daria Media, over an alleged interview with News Central TV. Verdict: FALSE. DUBAWA’s findings revealed that such an interview did not hold, let alone spur a legal battle between the apex bank and the veteran journalist. Also, the supposed publication in the Vanguard newspaper is fake. Full Text An Instagram page, Stoney Transit Homes, made a sponsored post on Dec. 18, 2024, with a featured image designed like a report from the Vanguard newspaper. The supposed headline read, \u201cKadaria Ahmed didn\u2019t know the microphone was on. We say goodbye to him forever. This is a sad day for all of Nigeria.\u201d\u00a0 When we clicked on the attached link, it displayed another page with the headline, \u201cCentral Bank of Nigeria sues Kadaria Ahmed over statements she made on live television,\u201d indicating an alleged legal feud between the revered media icon and Nigeria\u2019s apex bank.\u00a0 DUBAWA attempted to click on the page for more information, but the sponsored post is not connected to any page. We searched for Stoney Transit Homes on Instagram but got no results. As of Jan. 20, 2025, seven comments were seen on the page\u2019s comment section, all indicating that the page and post are malicious. However, a popular Nigerian blog, BaseTVreport, published the claim. The severity of the information\u2019s implications for Ms Ahmed\u2019s reputation prompted DUBAWA to verify the claim. Verification We clicked on the link to the designed \u201cVanguard newspaper\u201d website and discovered the features of the report differed from the original Vanguard publications. We validated our findings using a report titled \u201cPositive Signals for Healthcare, by Dakuku Peterside,\u201d published on Jan. 7, 2025. Original Vanguard publications had their logo at the top left corner of the page layout, compared to the fake link, which placed the logo at the top centre.  Also, the Vanguard page layout contains the publication date, \u201cnews,\u201d and their social media accounts represented by the symbols on the page\u2019s lefthand side. Also, the righthand side displays the latest published news but these features were absent in the fake link. We proceeded to identify the different font and page designs used in both instances. While Vanguard newspaper uses font colour code #3A3A39 and size 22 of the Cardiff typeface for the headline, the fake page used colour code #2A303B and size 32 of the Georgia typeface.  The fake link’s copy claimed News Central TV conducted the interview allegedly between Ms Ahmed and Rabiu Kwankwaso, Kano state\u2019s former governor. We used Google Lens to trace the source of the image in the link to a Facebook post made by Mr Kwankwaso on Nov. 19, 2022.  On the day, he was invited as the New Nigeria People\u2019s Party (NNPP) presidential candidate to the Candidates Presidential Town Hall. In this media interactive series, Ms Ahmed interviewed presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 election in Nigeria. Throughout the interview, the speakers did not advertise the money-doubling platform. DUBAWA went through the transcript of the supposed interview on the website and noticed it was portrayed as if Ms Ahmed vouched for a trading platform called ParagonixPrimeX. When we clicked the Vanguard logo on the website, it redirected users to the ParagonPrimeX platform. We could not find evidence of any litigation against Ms Ahmed on the Central Bank of Nigeria\u2019s website and social media accounts. DUBAWA also checked through Vanguard newspaper and other credible media organisations since Dec. 18, 2024, and found no news about such an incident. Conclusion There is no record of Nigeria\u2019s Central Bank suing Kadaria Ahmed over an interview published in Vanguard newspaper. The interview is fake, and the claim is a mischievous attempt to promote a phoney trading platform named ParagonPrimeX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"default","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[1571,120,3812,3815],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3263],"class_list":["post-21350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-check","category-economy","category-headline","category-homepage"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-5ym","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3263,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"phillip-anjorin","display_name":"Phillip Anjorin","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98daaf5d9d7a2c5cd4ce1c417532d1cfa2ca293247710cf46a925146cc2e90e1?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ahmed-Kadaria.png?fit=1003%2C558&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21352,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21350\/revisions\/21352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21350"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=21350"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=21350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}