Nollywood star actress, producer, and filmmaker Ruth Kadiri has been forced to personally step online to squash a sickening wave of fake news after waking up to widespread rumors claiming she had passed away.
Taking to her official Instagram page, a visibly shaken yet resilient Kadiri addressed the malicious gossip head-on, assuring her family, friends, and millions of fans across the globe that she is alive, well, and in good health.
The mother and filmmaker did not hide her disgust at unscrupulous content creators who weaponize false death reports purely to generate algorithmic traffic and clickbait revenue. Calling out the morbid trend, Kadiri issued an earnest plea to the public, urging her supporters to actively report any pages, handles, or blogs spreading malicious falsehoods.
“I am alive and well. It is sheer wickedness that people would sit down and manufacture stories about someone’s death just for views. Please, I beg my fans and followers—whenever you see such rubbish, report those accounts immediately,” she stated.
Colleagues and fans flooded her comment section within minutes, expressing immense relief and venting outrage at the growing impunity of clickbait culture in Nigerian digital media. For Kadiri, the ordeal serves as yet another stark reminder of the dark side of celebrity life in the social media era, where digital safety and basic human decency are too often traded for a few viral shares.
