By Harrison Edeh PANELLISTS at the Nigerian Fact-checkers Coalition Conference in Abuja on Tuesday asked social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook to take more steps in halting the spread of fake news. They expressed concern that fake new is …
By Sinafi Omanga THE United States (US) has said the problem of misinformation during electioneering campaigns that Nigeria is facing ahead of the nation’s 2023 general elections is not peculiar to the country. Speaking at the election disinformation conference organised …
By Harrison Edeh AHEAD of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (The ICIR) and Mac-Arthur Foundation have raised concerns over state-sponsored misinformation in the country. ICIR’s Executive Director, Dayo Aiyetan, who spoke at the Nigerian Fact-checkers …
Dear Nigerian politician, The election season is here, and the narratives are building up around candidates, political parties, and issues. As a result, the media, especially social media, is awash with loads of information aimed at pushing one political agenda …
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. …
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