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Seasoned fact-checker and researcher Fatimah Quadri has written numerous fact-checks, explainers, and media literacy pieces for The FactCheckHub in an effort to combat information disorder. She can be reached at sunmibola_q on X or fquadri@icirnigeria.org.

FactSpace West Africa, 19 others get 2024 ENGAGE grant from IFCN

News
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute, has awarded $2 million for the 2024 ENGAGE grant to 20 fact-checking organisations to reduce...

Davos 2025: Advertisers urged to combat disinformation on social media platforms

News
ADVERTISERS have been urged to use their financial influence to combat the growing threat of disinformation on social media platforms. This call was made by...

False claim circulates that ferry service debuts from Onitsha to Lagos

Economy
A claim that a ferry service now commutes passengers from Onitsha to Lagos for a fare of ₦7,000 has gone viral online. The claim was...

Davos 2025: Fact-checking Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum

Government Policy
Following his inauguration as the 47th US President earlier this week, Donald Trump, addressed the audience virtually at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in...

False claims that Mike Tyson is dead circulates on Facebook

General
A claim that a former American  professional boxer, Mike Tyson, is dead has circulated widely on Facebook. The claim was posted on a Facebook group...

What Trump’s second term means for information resilience, media credibility

Insights
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump becomes the 47th President of the United States of America (USA) marking the beginning of his second term...

Videos of R. Kelly new single are AI generated!

General
A claim that a music video released from prison by the US singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly, popularly called R. Kelly has gone viral on...

False claims that El-Rufai defects to PDP circulate on X

Politics
CLAIMS that Nasir El-Rufai, a former Governor of Kaduna State and key figure in the All Progressives Congress (APC), has defected to the Peoples...

Mixed reactions as Meta ends fact-checking programme in US, embraces community notes

News
META’s announcement on Tuesday that it will end its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States and transition to a user-driven Community Notes system...

AI-generated images of ‘damaged’ Nigeria’s central bank building circulate online

Business
A claim that the headquarters of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has being destroyed has surfaced online. The claim, written in Hausa language, was made...
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