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Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition launches situation rooms for Edo election, warns against misinformation

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
THE Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition (NFC) has launched Election Situation Rooms in Abuja and Lagos to monitor and combat misinformation and disinformation ahead of the...

Canada launches online resource to combat electoral misinformation, disinformation

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
ELECTIONS Canada has launched 'ElectoFacts', a new resource aimed at helping voters spot misinformation and disinformation about the electoral process in Canada. Elections Canada is...

Video does not show DR Congo election commissioner being beaten and stripped

Elections Fatimah Quadri -
AN X user, Nkirukamma (@SabinaNkiru), has posted a video of a woman being lynched and beaten by a mob. She claimed that the woman in...

How disinformation actors fuelled violence, voter apathy in Imo governorship election

Elections Opeyemi Kehinde -
On November 11, 2023, off-cycle gubernatorial elections were held in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi states in Nigeria. The electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),...

2023 election: How dearth of data threatens fact-checking, exposes citizens to political misinformation in Nigeria

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola -
ON August 20, 2022, the presidential candidate of Accord Party, Christopher Imumolen said Nigeria has about 350,000 police personnel while speaking about his plan...

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US court suspends Trump administration’s visa policy targeting fact-checkers, others

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Bangladesh flood video used to depict flooding in Lagos

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Abducted Oyo pupils were not in captivity for 170 days

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A POST circulating on social media claims that the...
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No, FG has not announced renaming of Kwara to Odo Oya State

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A GRAPHIC circulating on social media claims that the...
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How detection tools fail to spot AI-generated misinformation

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