The International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) in collaboration with the FactCheckHub has launched an online trivia game to checkmate the spread of misinformation as Nigeria holds its 2023 general election. A press release signed by the Editor, ICIR, Victoria …
JOB cuts by major social media companies is affecting many teams saddled with the task of curbing misinformation and disinformation on those social platforms. It will be recalled that major social media platforms have spent years in expanding their efforts …
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 Nigeria’s 2023 general elections. The partnership will see the coalition partners access the Full Fact’s AI …
NIGERIAN music artiste, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, is fond of using manipulated videos and photos to promote the presidential bid of the Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi, a close monitoring of his social media accounts by the FactCheckHub has shown. Checks …
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 ahead of the nation’s 2023 polls. INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Victor Aluko, disclosed …
By Allwell Okpi Nigeria’s 2023 elections are only weeks away. Voters are set to pick a president and members of the national assembly on 25 February, and governors and state assemblies two weeks later. As campaigning hits the home …
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. The social media is filled with several forms of information disorder emanating from politicians and their …
A press release attributed to the Civil Defense, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has claimed that the application for the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) staff replacement has commenced. The circular titled: “Nigeria Immigration Service Notice of 2022/2023 General …
THE Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has unveiled an election war room to tackle misinformation and fish out its purveyors ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 elections. CDD director, Idayat Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. She said the …
AHEAD of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, media practitioners in the country have been tasked to shun fake news to avoid confusing Nigerians during the polls. The Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Dr. Dayo Oladebeye, disclosed this at the Press Week of …
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