HomeTagsFake news

Tag - Fake news

Nigeria to partner UNESCO to tackle fake news in rural areas

News Nurudeen Akewushola - December 20, 2023

NIGERIA's minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, has said the nation will partner the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...

2023 in Review: Major fake news that clouded Nigeria’s media space

Insights Fatimah Quadri - December 17, 2023

MAJOR events like the 2023 general elections had their fair share of misinformation and disinformation that contributed to the malaise in Nigeria's media space. ...

Top 10 political claims we fact-checked in 2023

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola - December 17, 2023

NIGERIA's general election is arguably one of the biggest events of 2023. The election was characterized by various forms of inaccurate and misleading claims...

False claim about death of Sierra Leone’s former Works minister, Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay circulates online

General Opeyemi Kehinde - December 15, 2023

A claim that a former minister of Works in Sierra Leone, Alhaji Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay, had died has been circulating online. The claim retrieved from...

FactCheck247 trains Kwara community on fighting misinformation

News Nurudeen Akewushola - December 10, 2023

FACTCHECK247, a fact-checking platform in Nigeria, has sensitized members of a Kwara community on the danger of information disorder and the need for a...

2024: Experts berate Nigerian govt for budgeting N24.5 million to tackle fake news

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola - December 10, 2023

Experts in the information ecosystem have criticized the Nigerian Government's N24.5 million budget proposal to tackle fake news in 2024, despite its acknowledged threat...

Over 50% of Britons have troubles identifying AI-generated news

News Fatimah Quadri - December 6, 2023

A recent Netskope study has shown that up to half of Britons find it difficult to differentiate AI-fabricated news items and websites, despite prior...

How to help children spot fake news

Tutorials Fatimah Quadri - October 29, 2023

CHILDREN today are learning how to live, work, learn, contribute, and prosper in a digital society as they become more digitally literate and this...

Nov 11 polls : INEC warns against election-related misinformation

News Nurudeen Akewushola - October 19, 2023

AHEAD of the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo States, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again expressed concern over...

Doctored image shows Peter Obi conversing with Seyi Tinubu

Politics Nurudeen Akewushola - August 20, 2023

ON Sunday, August 20, 2023, a photo showing Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in Nigeria's 2023 general election while having a...

1...456...9 Page 5 of 9

Recent Check

News

Menu

Categories

Pages:

Resources:

Follow on:

Menu

Categories

Pages:

Resources:

Follow on:

Menu

Categories

Pages:

Resources:

Follow on:

Menu

Categories

Pages:

Resources:

Follow on:

Tag - Fake news

Most Read

No, Justice Haruna Tsammani did not go blind after eye surgery in London

Daily Trust’s infographic on Nigeria’s top 20 universities is misleading

No, video does not show recent flood disaster in Lagos

Viral video does not show Ogun deputy governor, commissioners prostrating for Dapo Abiodun

No, security operatives did not arrest pastor for supplying logistics to bandits in Oyo

Recent Check

No, Justice Haruna Tsammani did not go blind after eye surgery in London

Daily Trust’s infographic on Nigeria’s top 20 universities is misleading

No, video does not show recent flood disaster in Lagos

Viral video does not show Ogun deputy governor, commissioners prostrating for Dapo Abiodun

No, security operatives did not arrest pastor for supplying logistics to bandits in Oyo