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2023 elections: Media houses urged to embrace fact-checking

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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

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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...

ICIR, Mac-Arthur raise concerns over state-sponsored misinformation in Nigeria

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By Harrison Edeh AHEAD of Nigeria's 2023 general elections, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (The ICIR) and Mac-Arthur Foundation have raised concerns over state-sponsored...

Charly Boy’s tweet about INEC discontinuing electronic transmission of results is FALSE

Elections Ajibola Amzat -
NIGERIAN singer, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, aka Charly Boy, has tweeted that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, would no longer transmit the result of...

How fake PVC registration websites stirred misinformation over INEC’s CVR exercise

Insights Niyi Oyedeji -
JUST as the Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) exercise embarked upon by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was winding down in July 2022, fake...

Claim that INEC is conducting house-to-house voter’s registration in Northern Nigeria is FALSE

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola -
A VIRAL photo of a woman who appears to be undergoing biometric capturing in front of her residence has surfaced online with a claim...

Saraki makes false claims about voting population

Elections Omolola Roseline Pedro -
In a post which was retrieved from Facebook on the 5th of March 2022, former president of the Senate of the Federal Republic of...

Anambra Election: Did Andy Uba sponsor the Prison Reform Bill?

Elections Olugbenga ADANIKIN -
CANDIDATE of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the forthcoming November 6, governorship election in Anambra, Andy Uba, says he sponsored the Prison Reform...

Beware! Fake website for INEC voter’s registration circulates online

Elections Niyi Oyedeji -
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in June commenced Continuous Voter Registration exercise to register those who have attained the legal age and also...

Reports that INEC has nullified Anambra APC primaries are FALSE

Elections Niyi Oyedeji -
FEW days after the Anambra state All Progressives Congress (APC) held its primary election, news circulated online claiming Nigeria's electoral regulator, the Independent National...
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