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 a new president, 28 governors, 109 senators and 358 members of the House of Representatives, …
STAKEHOLDERS in the media sector have been charged to refrain from partisan dissemination of information while citizens were urged to imbibe critical thinking in engaging information. This call was made on Monday, May 15, 2023 at a media workshop for …
Nigerians have been warned to be wary of several online platforms claiming to be credible fact-checking platforms in the country. Members of the Nigerian Fact-checkers’ Coalition (NFC) gave the warning on Thursday during a Twitter Space organized by FactsMatterNG in …
EXPERTS drawn from the legal and media industry have called for increased media literacy and awareness for citizens including the implementation of a comprehensive legal framework to curb misinformation in Nigeria. This call was made on Thursday during a Twitter …
Collation of election results is ongoing following the conduct of Nigeria’s 2023 Governorship and State Assembly Elections. Nigerians on Saturday, March 18, 2023 voted to elect their governors in 28 states as well as state lawmakers into 36 State Houses …
The electorate in 28 States of the Nigerian federation will today elect their respective state’s chief executives. They will also be electing members of the State Houses of Assembly in the country’s 36 states. All 18 registered political parties in …
Nigeria’s February 25, 2023 presidential and national assembly elections were the freest and fairest with only a few glitches, according to Ajuri Ngelale, President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior special assistant on public affairs. Ngelale said this on 1 March 2023 in …
There has been a surge in misinformation and disinformation as the collation of results of Nigeria‘s 2023 Presidential and National Assembly Elections conducted on Saturday, February 25, 2023 entered the third day. Our team of researchers, fact-checkers, social media monitors, …
Since Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential and National Assembly Elections were conducted on Saturday, February 25, 2023, there have been many claims circulating online and on some traditional media as results are being collated from various polling units across the country. Our …
RESULTS from various polling units across the country have started trickling in from several collation centres following the conduct of Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential and National Assembly Elections on Saturday, February 25, 2023. Our team of researchers, fact-checkers, social media monitors, …