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COVID-19: Reading fake news changes people’s behaviour, study reveals
A study around COVID-19 misinformation says fake stories can change people's behaviour which can have bigger effects on health.
The online study which was conducted...
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Emotionally intelligent people better at spotting fake news
By Tony Anderson, University of Strathclyde and David James Robertson, University of Strathclyde
The spread of misinformation – in the form of unsubstantiated...
COVID-19
Can neem, bitter leaves, Tagiri, others prevent, cure COVID-19?
TWO videos tweeted by one of the first-class traditional rulers in Nigeria claimed that a combination of African herbs, roots and leaves was the...
COVID-19
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...
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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...
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Punitive laws failing to curb misinformation in Africa – Study
Report by:Â Peter Cunliffe-Jones, University of Westminster; Alan Finlay, University of the Witwatersrand, and Anya Schiffrin
Misinformation, best understood as false or misleading information whether...
COVID-19
Can eating Bananas prevent COVID-19 infection?
A video has been circulating on multiple WhatsApp groups in Nigeria which claims that eating “a banana a day keeps the coronavirus away.” The...
COVID-19
Do aspirin, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs cure COVID-19?
A CLAIM circulating on several WhatsApp groups in Nigeria says that aspirin, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs are the best cures for COVID-19.
The claim started...
COVID-19
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...
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How Twitter stirred inter ethnic crisis in Oyo amidst pandemic
FEBRUARY 15, 2021. Ajani Olaide, a resident of Shasha community narrated how his uncle was killed during the ethnic crisis that ensued between Hausa...
