In the fourth week of December 2021, a circular with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) letterhead putting its officers at various border posts across the country on alert about a possible terrorist attack in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital surfaced online. Blogs …
THE Boko Haram (Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād) insurgency has been on for over 12 years. During this time, it has not only transcended its physical epicentre in Northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state by spilling into neighbouring Chad, Niger and Cameroon, …
AS the world battle ongoing concerns around COVID-19 vaccine safety, side effects, vaccine hesitancy and refusal, a Twitter user posted that reports related to vaccine deaths are hushed. The tweet which has over 470 engagements posted in July 2021 and …
To commemorate its one year anniversary, The FactCheckHub held a verification masterclass. The masterclass titled, “How to identify and debunk misinformation,” took place on Zoom and Facebook on Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Below is a recording of the session. Thank …
A man in a video that went viral prescribed a salt solution as a cure for COVID-19. He said rinsing the nose and gargling salt water is the treatment. He did not make reference to any clinical trials or structure …
A new report from First Draft, an organisation working to check the spread of fake news says foreign narratives and conspiracy theories, contributed to COVID-19 misinformation in the West African region. According to the report published in June 2021, using …
As troubling misinformation around COVID-19 and its vaccines hits Nigeria, the country also has to bother about cyber insecurity riding on the coattails of the pandemic. In April 2020, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) warned the public about …
On Saturday June 12, 2021, Many Nigerians across multiple locations took to the street in protest to show and air their grievance and dissatisfaction with the government. This contributed to the continuing trending of the hashtag #June12thProtest. June 12 is …
Troubling misinformation around COVID-19 and its vaccines hits Nigeria. The country also has to bother about cyber insecurity riding on the coattails of the pandemic. In March 2021, an alum posted on her alumni WhatsApp group, “Hurry up and get …
Did the Nigeria Attorney General of Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami flout Twitter ban? a question posed to the FactCheckHub for verification. The Federal Government of Nigeria had ordered the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. This was followed by blocking access …
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