A claim that the Russian mercenary group, Wagner Group, has just arrived Mali to provide support for the coup-led military regime in Niger is circulating online. The claim was posted on X.com (formerly Twitter) by @Imranmuhdz on Wednesday, August 23, …
GOOGLE has announced additional initiatives through the Google News Initiative (GIS) to support African journalists and fact-checking organisations to advance media literacy in the continent. This is coming amid growing concerns over widespread misinformation online. A statement issued by the …
A video purportedly showing the moment Queen Elizabeth II was throwing food at African children has surfaced online. A Twitter user with the handle @Frankie_dux posted the video on the 9th of September 2022, with the caption, “This is the …
Report by: Peter Cunliffe-Jones, University of Westminster; Alan Finlay, University of the Witwatersrand, and Anya Schiffrin Misinformation, best understood as false or misleading information whether or not it was intended to mislead, has long been recognised as a problem worldwide. …
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on June 5, 2021 claimed that Nigeria is the only African country where Twitter is restricted. SERAP made the claim on its official Twitter page amidst the ban placed on Twitter in Nigeria …
A post on Twitter claimed that Nigeria’s unemployed population can make up a country that will rank the 9th most populous country in Africa. The claim was made by a twitter user @Chxta on August 20. He asserted further that …