Fake circular on Nigeria Immigration Service staff replacement circulates on WhatsApp
A press release attributed to the Civil Defense, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has claimed that the application for the Nigeria Immigration...
Peter Obi tops list of Nigeria’s presidential candidates with highest claims checked to be TRUE in 2022
SINCE political parties' primaries ended around mid-year, presidential candidates have kicked off their nationwide campaign activities, making several claims ahead of Nigeria's 2023 general...
Fact-checking Nasir El-Rufai’s claims about Nigerian military size, others at Chatham House
KADUNA State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was among the surrogates who accompanied the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu,...
2023 elections: Don tasks media practitioners to shun fake news
AHEAD of Nigeria's 2023 general elections, media practitioners in the country have been tasked to shun fake news to avoid confusing Nigerians during the...
Fact-checking Adewole Adebayo’s claims at ‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series
AHEAD of Nigeria's 2023 general elections, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, made an appearance at a town hall...
Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition joins Arise News presidential town hall series
THE Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition (NFC) has announced that it has joined the Presidential Town Hall series being hosted by the Arise TV News.
A statement...
2023: How El-Rufai’s arrest during 2013 Anambra election spurs misinformation online
KADUNA State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai claimed that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, at the time he was governor...
Claim that UI lecturer rewarded ten students with $100 each is FALSE
A blog post has gone viral with the claim that a lecturer at the University of Ibadan gave $100 each to ten students of the...
How true is the claim that drinking pineapple with hot water cures cancer?
A video has circulated online claiming that drinking pineapple with hot water can cure cancer.
A Facebook user, Oyindamola Adeniyi, posted the video on the...
Google announces initiatives to help curb misinformation, improve media literacy in Africa
GOOGLE has announced additional initiatives through the Google News Initiative (GIS) to support African journalists and fact-checking organisations to advance media literacy in the...
