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Video of ‘Igbo Must Go’ protest in Ghana is over 1 year old

General Nurudeen Akewushola - October 13, 2024

A video showing a group of women holding tree branches and chanting “Igbo Must Go” has resurfaced online with a claim that it shows...

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

General Nurudeen Akewushola - September 6, 2024

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...

Fact-checking essential to free speech, not censorship – IFCN

News Fatimah Quadri - June 26, 2024

Fact-checkers from across the world have called on the public to support the fact-checking community globally as they face increasing hostility, including online threats,...

Sydney universities launch database to tackle information disorder

News Nurudeen Akewushola - April 26, 2024

Researchers from three Sydney universities in Australia have developed an online database to track policies and regulations from 50 countries dealing with misinformation, AI...

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...

Stakeholders urge media organisations to uphold ethical reporting to combat misinformation, hate speech

News Fatimah Quadri - December 7, 2023

Stakeholders in the Nigerian information space have urged media organisations to play crucial role in countering misinformation and hate speech by upholding ethical standards...

Online disinformation: UNESCO announces plan to regulate social media platforms

News Fatimah Quadri - November 12, 2023

THE Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has said the regulation of social media platforms is imminent to protect access to information "while at the...

Nigerian information minister calls for more funding to tackle fake news

News Nurudeen Akewushola - November 3, 2022

NIGERIA's minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has called for an upward review of the budgetary allocation for the ministry of information and...

2023 election: Jonathan urges Nigerians to shun fake news, hate speech

News Nurudeen Akewushola - September 21, 2022

FORMER Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has urged Nigerians to shun fake news, hate speech and propaganda ahead of the nation's 2023 general election. Jonathan made...

UNESCO confab to boost war against fake news, misinformation – Lai Mohammed

News Niyi Oyedeji - August 7, 2022

NIGERIA's Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the 2022 Global Media and Information Literacy (GMIL) Week of UNESCO, will give a...

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