A post on Facebook claimed that a white goat in an image taken at the proclamation of Prince Charles as the King of England was meant for sacrifice. The post, which was shared on a Facebook page with the name …
NIGERIA’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the 2022 Global Media and Information Literacy (GMIL) Week of UNESCO, will give a boost to the federal government’s war against hate speech, fake news and misinformation. The Minister stated …
JUST as the Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) exercise embarked upon by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was winding down in July 2022, fake websites advertising voter’s card registration circulated online. The web links were shared alongside some texts on …
FOLLOWING the collapse of Nigeria’s national electricity grid last week, a viral claim has circulated online. The report, which was published by several blogs in Nigeria, claimed that last Wednesday’s collapse made it the 18th time the grid would collapse …
YOUTUBE says it is cracking down on videos containing abortion misinformation and will take down videos that provide instructions for unsafe abortion. The company, in a tweet, added that videos that promote false claims about abortion safety would no longer …
A CLAIM that Yusuf Lasun, the Labour Party candidate in Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State, has withdrawn from the poll has circulated online. The claim shared by a Facebook Page, Osun Pathfinder Gist, added that Lasun dropped his ambition …
A TWEET alleging that Lekan Badmus, the Personal Assistant to the Commissioner for Special Duties in Osun State has been caught with thumb-printed ballot papers in Ward 2, Osogbo Local Government Area of the state has circulated online. The claim …
AN old video showing the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, sharing money with some people has resurfaced online. A Twitter user, Ayemojubar, with the username @ayemojubar, tweeted the video on Friday, July 15, 2022, with the claim …
SHORTLY after an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Daniel Bwala, announced his resignation from the party on Sunday, July 10, 2020, misinformation about his action trended online. Bwala, who is the special adviser to the Deputy Senate President on legal …
AKIN OGUNBIYI, the governorship candidate of the Accord Party in the forthcoming governorship election in Osun State has claimed that there are five licensed mining companies operating in the state. He further added that the government handed the licences to …