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LIVE-CHECK: Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential and National Assembly Elections

Elections
As Nigerians head to the poll on Saturday, February 25, 2023, for Nigeria's 2023 Presidential and National Assembly Elections, the Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition (NFC)...

Panellists at fact-checkers conference task Facebook, Twitter to halt fake news

News
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...

Misinformation: US, Nigeria face similar problems – Diplomat

News
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...

ICIR, Mac-Arthur raise concerns over state-sponsored misinformation in Nigeria

News
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...

2023 Elections: Open Letter to all Nigerian politicians

Insights
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...

ICIR/ICFJ webinar: Should government regulate social media?

Webinar
The Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Gbenga Sesan has urged the Nigerian government to channel the energy directed at social media regulation to carrying...

MasterClass: How to identify and debunk misinformation

Webinar
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...

Ezekwesili, other panellists at ICIR, ICFJ webinar mull new approach against fake news

Webinar
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...

HAUSA: Rahoton Dake Yawo A Yanar Gizo Dake Cewa Okonjo-Iweala Ta Zama Shugabar WTO KARYA NE

Hausa
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...

Viral post on FG giving out grants to support Nigerians is a hoax

COVID-19
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...
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