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Video of Dino Melaye talking about Peter Obi goes viral under misleading context

Politics
By Silas Jonathan   A video, which depicted Senator Dino Melaye expressing his support for Peter Obi, the Labour Party's presidential candidate, ahead of Nigeria's 2023...

False claims circulate online about UDUS’ Post UTME form for 2022/2023 academic session

General
By Mudathir Hayatullahi Folorunsho   ON Monday, 5th of September, 2022, a report published by an online blog named "School Beginner", claimed that Usmanu Danfodiyo University,...

2023: Partisan politics and online hate speech among journalists

Insights
By Joy Jaiyesimi   The 2023 election fever has gripped many Nigerians, politicians and political parties alike. So also, the society, mainstream media, online blogs, and...

Biafra: How IPOB uses disinformation to push secession agenda

Insights
By Ebunoluwa Olafusi   THE Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist group in Nigeria, is pushing for the establishment of a sovereign state for the...

No, ASUU strike has not been called off!

Insights
By Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed   On the 9th of June, 2022, a Facebook user identified simply as Saint Luke posted in a group named "UDUS Newsline"...

Emotionally intelligent people better at spotting fake news

Insights
By  Tony Anderson, University of Strathclyde and David James Robertson, University of Strathclyde The spread of misinformation – in the form of unsubstantiated...

Punitive laws failing to curb misinformation in Africa – Study

Insights
Report by:  Peter Cunliffe-Jones, University of Westminster; Alan Finlay, University of the Witwatersrand, and Anya Schiffrin Misinformation, best understood as false or misleading information whether...

With 55 per cent slash in Education, 42 percent in Health, Executive undercuts development priorities

Insights
By, Paul ADEYEYE A REVIEW of the Revised 2020 Budget exclusively obtained by DATAPHYTE indicates that the Federal Government has reduced the total budget size by only ₦84.71...

Was Abba Kyari flown to UK for treatment and cremated?

COVID-19
By ‘Kunle Adebajo On Sunday, April 19, two days after the death of Nigeria’s former Chief of Staff Abba Kyari was announced, a Twitter user...

Has President Muhammadu Buhari died and been replaced by an impostor?

General
A NUMBER of high-profile public figures in Nigeria, including a former government minister, have claimed President Muhammadu Buhari is dead and is being imitated...
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