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Reno Omokri makes false claims about terrorism in Nigeria, Lagos’ debt

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SPEAKING during a virtual interview with Arise TV on the 9th of August, 2022, Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan said...

Electricity: Claim that national grid has collapsed eighteen times in 2022 is FALSE

Economy Niyi Oyedeji -
FOLLOWING the collapse of Nigeria's national electricity grid last week, a viral claim has circulated online. The report, which was published by several blogs in...

Fake news, social media pose threat to 2023 election ― DSS

News Niyi Oyedeji -
THE Department of State Services (DSS) has described fake news and social media as the biggest threat to the 2023 general elections. The DSS spokesperson...

Biafra: How IPOB uses disinformation to push secession agenda

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By Ebunoluwa Olafusi   THE Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist group in Nigeria, is pushing for the establishment of a sovereign state for the...

How the religious toga of misinformation fuelled COVID-19 pandemic

Insights Niyi Oyedeji -
DURING the peak of the pandemic, many religious leaders innocuously spread false narratives about COVID-19 among members of their congregation which put many lives...

Who brought Econet to Nigeria?

Insights Niyi Oyedeji -
FORMER Lagos State governor and presidential aspirant on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has claimed that he brought a leading...

TVC news report that Deborah Samuel’s killing in Sokoto is connected with ASUU strike is FALSE

General Niyi Oyedeji -
A NIGERIAN broadcast media, Television Continental (TVC), in a viral news video claimed that the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities...

Did Elon Musk say he would delete Twitter, Facebook and buy Nigeria?

Business Nurudeen Akewushola -
FOLLOWING the successful acquisition of Twitter by billionaire investor and businessman Elon Musk which has elicited mixed reactions on social media, several images which...

Drone footage of ‘bandits’ posted by Joe Igbokwe is from Kenya not Nigeria

Security Niyi Oyedeji -
FOLLOWING recent bandits’ attacks in Nigeria, the Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Drainage and Water Resources, Joe Igbokwe, has posted a video...

2023 Elections: Nigerian government urges broadcasters to help fight fake news

News Niyi Oyedeji -
AS NIGERIA prepares for its 2023 general elections, the Nigerian government has urged the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) to help in combating the...
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