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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...

No, Video does not show Reno Omokri campaigning in support of Tinubu at Chatham House

Elections Olugbenga ADANIKIN -
ON Monday, December 5, 2022, a viral video shared by The Nation Newspaper claimed that a former presidential aide to Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri,...

Fact-checking Obi’s claims at ‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola -
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Monday, November 21, 2022 made several claims on the situation of the country and...

Fact-checking Kwankwaso’s claims at ‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola -
AHEAD of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Saturday made several claims...

Fact-checking Sowore’s claims at ‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola -
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, on Friday made several claims on the situation of the country and his plans...

Fact-checking Adewole Adebayo’s claims at ‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series

Elections Raji Olatunji -
AHEAD of Nigeria's 2023 general elections, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, made an appearance at a town hall...

Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition joins Arise News presidential town hall series

News Raji Olatunji -
THE Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition (NFC) has announced that it has joined the Presidential Town Hall series being hosted by the Arise TV News. A statement...

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...

False claim that Nyesom Wike has defected to APC resurfaces online

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola -
A video showing the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, in a virtual meeting has resurfaced online with a claim that he has defected...
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