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Claim that youths burned Tinubu posters after Kano APC rally is false

ArtificialIntelligence Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A VIRAL video posted on X by a verified user @abdullahiisha25 purports to show angry youths pulling down and setting fire to billboards and...

No, Sheikh Gumi did not threaten to ‘turn Nigeria upside down’ over banditry

ArtificialIntelligence Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A VIRAL video circulating on social media depicts Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi threatening to cause nationwide unrest if any harm comes to bandits. The...

Osun 2026: Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition opens situation rooms to fight election misinformation

News Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
THE Nigerian Fact-Checkers' Coalition (NFC) has opened its situation rooms ahead of the Osun State governorship election, scheduled for Saturday, 15 August 2026. In a...

Viral image of Tinubu, Sowore handshake is AI-generated

ArtificialIntelligence Nurudeen Akewushola -
A viral image on social media purports to show human rights activist Omoyele Sowore shaking hands with Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu. The image, which depicts...

AI Chatbots struggle to detect AI-generated videos – Report

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
LEADING artificial intelligence chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok, are largely unable to identify AI-generated videos, according to a new report...

How AI made deepfakes harder to detect in 2025

Insights Fatimah Quadri -
As of 2023, most deepfake videos had red flags like blurred ears, odd lip-syncing, and glitchy shadows that made them detectable. By 2025, these flaws...

Video showing U.S military announcing takeover of Nigerian army is AI-generated

General Fatimah Quadri -
A video purportedly showing a United States military officer announcing that the U.S. military would “take over” the Nigerian Army to help end terrorism...

Video claiming Dubai launched AI salon is AI generated

General Fatimah Quadri -
A claim that Dubai has unveiled an AI robot salon that curls hair instantly has surfaced the internet. The claim posted on X by a...

Can AI save truth? exploring ethical pathways for fact-checking in the age of deepfakes

Insights Fatimah Quadri -
AI has become the bedrock of much of the misinformation being debunked by fact-checkers today. From artificially generated images to deepfake audio and videos,...

AI-generated video of man constructing wooden aircraft circulates online

General Fatimah Quadri -
A claim that a video shows an African man building his own aeroplane has been circulating on X. The one-minute video, posted by a...
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