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

Elections Faith Abeka - March 12, 2023

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

Elections Fatimah Quadri - March 9, 2023

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

News Faith Abeka - February 15, 2023

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

News Fatimah Quadri - February 4, 2023

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

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola - January 20, 2023

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

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola - January 7, 2023

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

News Nurudeen Akewushola - January 4, 2023

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

Insights Opeyemi Kehinde - December 8, 2022

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...

2023 elections: Media houses urged to embrace fact-checking

News Nurudeen Akewushola - September 6, 2022

NIGERIAN media houses have been urged to establish fact-checking desks in their newsrooms and incorporate fact-checking processes in their journalism practice in order tackle...

Misinformation: US, Nigeria face similar problems – Diplomat

News FactCheckHub - September 6, 2022

By Sinafi Omanga THE United States (US) has said the problem of misinformation during electioneering campaigns that Nigeria is facing ahead of the nation's 2023...

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