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How waving of Russian flags at ‘hunger’ protest signals growing influence operations in Nigeria

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The August 'End Bad Governance' protest in Nigeria took a new turn on its third day when some Nigerian demonstrators, particularly in the northern...

Video does not show recent gunmen attack in Nigeria’s Southeast

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A video showing vehicles engulfed by fire has resurfaced online with a claim that it shows vehicles conveying Nigerian policemen being set ablaze recently...

Lauretta Onochie shares false image of Nigerian woman arrested for hate speech on TikTok

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A former Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, has posted a photo showing a woman arrested by Police with a claim that it shows Canada-based Nigerian...

Video of Nigerian embassy in Senegal under attack is over 11 years old

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A video showing angry youths reportedly vandalizing the Nigerian embassy in Dakar, Senegal has surfaced online with a claim it shows a recent riot...

Can the UN take over any country where protests continue for 15 days or longer?

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A claim that the United Nations (UN) would take over the country from the Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, if protests continued longer than...

OpenAI disrupts Iranian influence campaigns targeting US election

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OpenAI has identified and shut down an influence campaign linked to the Iranian government.  This operation, aimed at disseminating false information about the US elections,...

How misinformation about Samoa Agreement caused uproar in Nigeria

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By Claire Mom.   On July 1, 2024, during a reception organised by the European Union (EU) in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, Abubakar Bagudu, minister of...

Stakeholders advocate for digital inclusion, public service digitisation ahead of UN Summit of the Future

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Stakeholders from various Civil Society Organizations and media have emphasized the urgent need to expand broadband access in Nigeria and digitise public services to...

Disinformation actors are using crypto to influence elections – Report

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A new report from the blockchain analytics firm, Chainalysis, has shown that cryptocurrency is being used to finance and facilitate disinformation campaigns globally. The study...

Coordinated disinformation networks flooded social media before EU elections – Report

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Dutch researchers have revealed that coordinated networks of accounts spreading disinformation flooded social media in France, Germany and Italy before the elections to the...
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