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 …
THE impact of information disorder has begun to play out in the build-up to Nigeria’s general election, holding in February and March this year. The social media is filled with several forms of information disorder emanating from politicians and their …
A video showing the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, in a virtual meeting has resurfaced online with a claim that he has defected from his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The …
THE Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said the proliferation of electoral disinformation, misinformation and weaponisation of fake news, pose threat to the legitimacy of Nigeria’s 2023 polls. CDD’s Executive Director, Idayat Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on …
NIGERIAN music artiste, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, on Sunday tweeted a footage, claiming that the video shows Peter Obi’s supporters in the riverine areas holding a campaign rally with boats. In commemoration of Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day Anniversary, many Nigerians home …
By Harrison Edeh PANELLISTS at the Nigerian Fact-checkers Coalition Conference in Abuja on Tuesday asked social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook to take more steps in halting the spread of fake news. They expressed concern that fake new is …
AHEAD of the 2023 general election, a viral image showing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, wearing a cap popularly identified with the customized design of Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, has …
A VIRAL video circulating on WhatsApp has claimed that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu state, Dr. Peter Mbah Ndubuisi, has been killed after winning the party’s primary election. Dr. Ndubuisi, a former Commissioner of …
In a post which was retrieved from Facebook on the 5th of March 2022, former president of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a presidential aspirant under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), …
AS NIGERIA prepares for its 2023 general elections, the Federal Government of Nigeria has urged the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) to help in combating the menace of fake news in the country. This call was made in Abuja by …