TO curb the spread of misinformation on the internet, YouTube has joined other platforms such as Google and Facebook to collaborate with fact-checkers using information panels. These panels, launched in Brazil and India in 2019, inform the public if claims …
JOURNALISTS fall into one of the seven categories eligible for Twitter’s verification. “The blue verified badge on Twitter lets people know that an account of public interest is authentic. To receive the blue badge, your account must be authentic, notable, …
A surveillance footage shows a man who had drenched his hair and bare body with hand sanitiser bursting into flames seconds after being tased by the Police. This was reported by the New York Post. The report generated reactions, part …
A post circulating online in Nigeria puts forward that the population of women on earth is three times that of men. The post, retrieved from a WhatsApp group, gave its source as the 2019 United Nations Demography report. It noted …
A photo of two Nigerian Army officers has been circulated on social media with accompanying caption that they were two brothers promoted to the rank of Major General on the same day. One of such posts archived here made by …
Several blogs in Nigeria reported that a Colonel, Amanda Azubuike is the highest-ranking female in the US Military. Some of the blog posts archived here and here also stated she is the United States Southern Command Chief of Public Affairs …
THE Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria, Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, stated that Nigeria has become the largest producer of rice and sorghum in Africa. A day later, the Senate Committee on Agriculture said about two million metric tonnes …
The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute is accepting applications for a global mentorship program that will run from March 21, 2022, to August 15, 2022. The mentorship program aims to leverage the expertise of member organisations in …
FACTSHEET: Malaria and mosquito nets distribution in Nigeria In the last week of October 2021, the media reported that the Nigerian government proposed to secure a loan of $200 million to procure mosquito nets to prevent Malaria in 13 of …
Hours before the governorship election in Anambra state, multiple reports emerged that the African Action Congress (AAC) candidate, Chidozie Nwankwo has stepped down and also endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flagbearer, Valentine Ozigbo. THE CLAIM The AAC candidate Chidozie …
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