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How the religious toga of misinformation fuelled COVID-19 pandemic

Insights Niyi Oyedeji - June 4, 2022

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 - June 3, 2022

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 - May 22, 2022

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 - April 29, 2022

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 - April 12, 2022

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 - March 25, 2022

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

Empowering citizens with basic verification skills key to fighting political misinformation ― Experts

News Niyi Oyedeji - March 12, 2022

EMPHASIS has again been placed on the need to empower the citizens with basic verification skills in order to fight against political misinformation and...

Amaechi makes false claim that money left by Jonathan administration could not sustain Nigeria for three weeks

Economy Marcus Fatunmole - March 6, 2022

ON DECEMBER 26, 2021, Nigeria's Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi said the money left behind by former President Goodluck Jonathan's administration could not sustain...

Does Imo state have the highest number of universities in Nigeria?

General Niyi Oyedeji - February 25, 2022

A TWITTER user, Katelynsade, with the user ID: @Dagreatdey4you on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, while canvassing support for the presidential ambition of former Imo...

Nigerian journalist makes false claims over numbers of U.S. refineries

Economy Niyi Oyedeji - February 12, 2022

A NIGERIAN broadcast journalist, Oseni Rufai, on Sunday, January 30, 2022 claimed that there are over 136 refineries in the United States of America,...

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Manipulated video falsely shows Peter Obi miscalculating Ghana’s health budget

EXPLAINER: What 2027 electricity subsidy phase-out means for Nigerians

No, Sheikh Gumi did not threaten to ‘turn Nigeria upside down’ over banditry

Ghanaian police officer’s fire rescue misrepresented as robbery feat

EXPLAINER: What you need to know about noma in Nigeria