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2023 polls: Seven ways to avoid election misinformation

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola -
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....

Fake circular on Nigeria Immigration Service staff replacement circulates on WhatsApp

Government Policy Raji Olatunji -
A press release attributed to the Civil Defense, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has claimed that the application for the Nigeria Immigration...

2023 polls: CDD unveils ‘war room’ to tackle political misinformation

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
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: Don tasks media practitioners to shun fake news

News Raji Olatunji -
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...

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

Insights Opeyemi Kehinde -
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...

Google, YouTube partner IFCN to support global fact-checking initiatives with $13.2m grant

News Faith Abeka -
THE International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has announced a partnership with Google and YouTube to support the fight against misinformation globally. A statement on Tuesday from...

2023: How El-Rufai’s arrest during 2013 Anambra election spurs misinformation online

Insights Raji Olatunji -
KADUNA State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai claimed that the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, at the time he was governor...

Africa Facts Summit 2022: Experts call for increased use of radio for media literacy

News Olugbenga ADANIKIN -
FACT-CHECKERS in Africa have been urged to use radio broadcasts more for media literacy as part of strategies towards combating misinformation in the continent....

Nigerian information minister calls for more funding to tackle fake news

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
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...

Buhari advocates media literacy to fight fake news

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
NIGERIA's President, Muhammadu Buhari, has called on all nations, multilateral and donor agencies to support global financing of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) to...
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