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Nigerian Fact-checkers’ Coalition vows to tackle misinformation during Ondo 2024 election

The Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition (NFC) has opened its Election Situation Rooms to monitor and tackle misinformation and disinformation in Saturday's Ondo State Governorship Election. A...

AF2024: Fact-checkers, media urged to sanitise Africa’s information landscape

EXPERTS at the Africa Facts summit have urged journalists and fact-checkers across the continent to sanitise Africa's information landscape amidst surge in global information...

LIVE-CHECK: Collation begins, as voters await final results of 2024 Edo Election

By Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday morning begins the result collation of the 2024 Edo State governorship election held...

#EdoDecides2024: Voters go to poll today amid surge in misinformation (LIVE-CHECK)

By Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition. As the electorates in Edo State go to the poll today, the coalition brings you fact-checks from its Lagos and Abuja...

#EdoDecides2024: NFC sets to combat AI-misinformation, as stakeholders task media, tech coys to support fact-checkers to ensure election integrity

By Caleb Ijioma   Some critical stakeholders in Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election have urged the media and technology platforms such as Meta, X, and...

2024 Edo Election: ‘Fake news’ trends ahead of Saturday’s poll (LIVE-CHECK)

By Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition. Ahead of Saturday's Edo State Governorship Election, the coalition's preliminary analysis has shown a growing trend of misinformation and disinformation online...

Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition launches situation rooms for Edo election, warns against misinformation

THE Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition (NFC) has launched Election Situation Rooms in Abuja and Lagos to monitor and combat misinformation and disinformation ahead of the...

FactsMatterNG, 38 others get Google/YouTube grant from IFCN

FactsMatterNG, a Nigerian digital-driven organisation that supports fact-checking amplification across social media platforms, is among the 39 organisations from 34 countries that receive a...

Typological analysis of fact-checking by the Nigerian Fact-checkers’ Coalition during Nigeria’s 2023 general election

Introduction Nigeria’s 2023 general election have come and gone with sprinkles of victory, controversies, and, expectedly, the circulation of false information. The elections, which produced...

Good governance: Critical thinking skill necessary to combat misinformation

STAKEHOLDERS in the media sector have been charged to refrain from partisan dissemination of information while citizens were urged to imbibe critical thinking in...

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False claim circulates that Opay is the 6th largest bank in Nigeria

A claim that Opay is the sixth largest bank...

EXPLAINER: What does a State of Emergency entail in Nigeria?

THE Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on March 18,...

How disinformation actors propagate divisive narratives on X

THIS report examines the antics of disinformation actors on...

No! Video does not show Remi Tinubu in a fisticuffs with Dino Melaye

AN X user, @prudenceoflago3, has posted a video purportedly...

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False claim circulates that Opay is the 6th largest bank in Nigeria

A claim that Opay is the sixth largest bank...

EXPLAINER: What does a State of Emergency entail in Nigeria?

THE Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on March 18,...

How disinformation actors propagate divisive narratives on X

THIS report examines the antics of disinformation actors on...

No! Video does not show Remi Tinubu in a fisticuffs with Dino Melaye

AN X user, @prudenceoflago3, has posted a video purportedly...