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Zainab ABDULRASAQ

Seasoned writer and literary curator, Zainab Abdulrasaq is a factchecker for The FactCheckHub in an effort to combat information disorder. She can be reached on IG @blackbookishgirl or zabdulrasaq@icirnigeria.org

No, FG has not announced renaming of Kwara to Odo Oya State

News
A GRAPHIC circulating on social media claims that the Federal Government of Nigeria has officially announced the relocation of Kwara State from the North...

How detection tools fail to spot AI-generated misinformation

ArtificialIntelligence
THE race between generative Artificial Intelligence tools and the software built to detect them is heavily lopsided. While AI image and video generators are...

No, Justice Haruna Tsammani did not go blind after eye surgery in London

News
A POST circulating on social media claims that Justice Simon Haruna Tsammani, the Court of Appeal judge who chaired the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal...

No, video does not show recent flood disaster in Lagos

Climate Change
A VIDEO circulating on social media claims to show a recent devastating flood sweeping away a resident in Lagos State. The post, published by an...

No, security operatives did not arrest pastor for supplying logistics to bandits in Oyo

Security
A POST circulating on Facebook claims that security forces in Oyo State have arrested a local pastor suspectedly acting as a key logistics supplier...

Video does not show Nigerian children eating human meat

News
A VIDEO circulating on social media claims to show children in Nigeria eating human meat due to extreme hunger and economic hardship. The accompanying...

How digital platforms fuel ethno-religious hate speech in Nigeria

Insights
THE growth of digital platforms has aided how people connect in Nigeria, but it has also increased the spread of ethno-religious hate speech across...

No, Keyamo did not say Lagos Airport has only one door

News
A VIRAL post on social media circulated by a verified X user, @lagosyouknow, claims that the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo,...

Dino Melaye uses AI-generated images to depict burial of late General Rabe Abubakar

ArtificialIntelligence
A former federal lawmaker who represented Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, on Sunday, June 14, posted a collage of images purportedly showing heavily...

Video does not show Oyo Amotekun deployed over school abduction

Security
A VIRAL video circulating on social media claims to show a massive deployment of the Oyo State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun,...
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