TIKTOK has announced the launch of the Nigeria Election Hub, an in-app election guide, with promises to uphold the integrity of the country’s general election, as Nigerians head to the poll on February 25, 2023. The in-app guide is aimed …
AHEAD of Nigeria’s 2023 elections, Meta has announced steps it is taking to “help preserve the integrity of the general elections.” Adaora Ikenze, Head of Public Policy for Anglophone West Africa at Meta, disclosed this in a blog post on …
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a website advertising ad-hoc staff positions for the agency for the 2023 general election. It will be recalled that INEC had earlier in September 2022 opened a portal for the recruitment of …
THE attention of the Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition (NFC) has been drawn to a disturbing false claim attributed to our team of fact-checkers. The bogus fact-check card, now going viral on social media, had passed a verdict that the presidential candidate …
THE Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has unveiled an election war room to tackle misinformation and fish out its purveyors ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 elections. CDD director, Idayat Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. She said the …
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 polls. The Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Dr. Dayo Oladebeye, disclosed this at the Press Week of …
THE International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has announced a partnership with Google and YouTube to support the fight against misinformation globally. A statement on Tuesday from the US-based global body of fact-checkers said the social media platforms are providing the IFCN …
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 released on Saturday, November 12, 2022 by the NFC Secretariat, said the Coalition will be …
FACT-CHECKERS in Africa have been urged to use radio broadcasts more for media literacy as part of strategies towards combating misinformation in the continent. Some experts made the call on Wednesday at the opening of a 2-day international summit organised …
NIGERIA’s minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has called for an upward review of the budgetary allocation for the ministry of information and culture to combat fake news, disinformation, and hate speech across the country. Mohammed said his ministry …