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On the Immigration letter in circulation on planned terrorist attack

In the fourth week of December 2021, a circular with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) letterhead putting its officers at various border posts across...

Nigeria’s ‘Double Pandemic’ and Boko Haram’s Response to COVID-19

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...

COVID-19: Claims about transmission via water, vaccine death toll fact-checked

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...

FactCheckHub masterclass on identifying, debunking misinformation

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...

Will salt water gargling, nose rinsing wash COVID-19 away?

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...

Study links narratives to COVID 19 vaccine disinformation in Africa

A new report from First Draft, an organisation working to check the spread of fake news says foreign narratives and conspiracy theories, contributed to...

How scam, fraudulent actors take advantage of COVID-19

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...

Twitter did not change action buttons in solidarity of June 12 protest

On Saturday June 12, 2021, Many Nigerians across multiple locations took to the street in protest to show and air their grievance and dissatisfaction...

Riding on WhatsApp, scam sites soar in wake of COVID-19

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...

Malami joins Nigerians to defy ban, access Twitter using VPN

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...

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