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No, US government did not criticize Nigeria’s presidential election!

A Nigerian music artiste, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has shared a video alongside a claim that the United States had...

False claim circulates that Alex Otti is the first elected Labour Party governor in Nigeria

Following the declaration of Alex Otti as the winner of Abia State gubernatorial election held on March 18, 2023, netizens have repeatedly shared a...

Kenneth Okonkwo makes false claims about two Resident Electoral Commissioners being sacked

The spokesperson for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council for Nigeria's 2023 general election, Kenneth Okonkwo, has made a claim that the Independent National Electoral...

Dino Melaye spreads false claim about INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu

A former Nigerian lawmaker and spokesperson of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Senator Dino Melaye, has shared a photo alongside a claim that suggests...

2023: Nigerian fact-checkers deploy Full Fact’s AI tools to combat election-related misinformation

FULL Fact, a UK-based fact-checking organisation, has partnered with the Nigerian Fact-checkers Coalition (NFC) to promote credibility of information available in public space during...

TikTok vows to uphold Nigeria’s poll integrity, launches in-app election guide

TIKTOK has announced the launch of the Nigeria Election Hub, an in-app election guide, with promises to uphold the integrity of the country's general...

INEC seeks Meta’s collaboration to tackle election disinformation

NIGERIA's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is in talks with the management of Meta (Facebook parent company) to combat the menace of election disinformation...

2023 polls: Seven ways to avoid election misinformation

THE impact of information disorder has begun to play out in the build-up to Nigeria's general election, holding in February and March this year....

2023 election: INEC disowns fake ad-hoc staff recruitment website

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a website advertising ad-hoc staff positions for the agency for the 2023 general election. It will be...

Disinformation in Brazil election: Lessons for Nigeria ahead of 2023 polls

For fact-checkers across the world, election season comes with an enormous task, as it is often characterised by misinformation and disinformation. And the October...

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Nigerian govt makes false claim about student loan disbursement

PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Nigerian government has claimed that...

Nigerian government makes false completion claims over Akwa Ibom highway project

By Ekemini SIMON    DESPITE billions of naira spent on the...

What is the position of law on doxing ‘loan defaulters?’

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How AI-generated videos could fuel sports misinformation

FOLLOWING the Manchester City defeat against Spur in the...

Nigerian govt makes false claim about student loan disbursement

PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Nigerian government has claimed that...

Nigerian government makes false completion claims over Akwa Ibom highway project

By Ekemini SIMON    DESPITE billions of naira spent on the...

What is the position of law on doxing ‘loan defaulters?’

DIGITAL money lending firms, popularly known as ‘loan apps’...