The Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Gbenga Sesan has urged the Nigerian government to channel the energy directed at social media regulation to carrying out its main responsibilities. He said this while speaking a webinar organised by The International Centre for …
To commemorate its one year anniversary, The FactCheckHub held a verification masterclass. The masterclass titled, “How to identify and debunk misinformation,” took place on Zoom and Facebook on Tuesday, August 10, 2021.Here’s a recording of the session.
A news report shared online claimed that the current Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto Matthew Hassan Kukah recently described the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu as a prophet and a man of …
A few hours after the death of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Ibrahim Attahiru in a military air crash in Kaduna, a viral statement surfaced online, claiming that he said over his dead body would there be Biafran and Oduduwa …
Nigeria’s former Minister of Education Dr Oby Ezekwesili says there’s a need to consider motivating purveyors of factual information through incentives to discourage the spread of fake news. Ezekwesili made the call during a webinar jointly organised by the International Centre …
Fassara da Mai rawaitowa: Musa Sunusi Ahmad. Marubuci: Olugbenga Adanikin. A ranar Laraba, 28 ga watan Goma, 2020, kafafen yad’a labarai da dama a Najeriya ne suka rawaito cewa Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ta zama shugabar Kungiyar Cinikayya Ta Duniya WTO. …
By Samad UTHMAN. A viral ‘forwarded-as-received’ post has been spread across WhatsApp platforms, with the accompanying claim that the federal government is giving out grants to support Nigerians. The post with a registration link attached to it advanced that the N3 …
By Olayinka SHEHU. A VIRAL post on WhatsApp retrieved on August 16 claims that drinking warm water ‘will resolve’ many health conditions, including epilepsy and high blood pressure. The claim read thus: “a group of Japanese doctors confirmed that warm water …
Media experts take a look at the role of the media in combatting misinformation in the fake news era.
By Olayinka SHEHU. A TRENDING video posted on microblogging site, Twitter by Nana Kwame Ahoufe, a Ghanaian Television presenter that the president of Somalia and his vice-president are engaged in fisticuffs is false. Nana’s, twitter profile states that he is a TV Director & …