Nigeria, Jan. 2 -- Two Nigerian newspapers, which published a false story accusing the President of the International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria, Musikilu Mojeed, of unethical conduct, have retracted the story and tendered an apology to Mr Mojeed.
The two papers - The Authority and People's Daily - had separately published a false report in December claiming that a non-profit organisation, Global Rights Nigeria, accused Mr Mojeed of "lacking integrity".
But the papers quickly retracted the story and apologised to Mr Mojeed after Global Rights Nigeria said it did not issue a statement, which the papers said they had relied on for the false story.
The apology and retraction by The Authority newspaper was signed by its Executive Director...