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UK still on US visa waiver programme but Nigeria was never included

Government Policy Abdullahi Muritala -
AN X user, @nigeriastories, has claimed that the United States has excluded the United Kingdom, Nigeria, and others from visa-free entry for 2025. “BREAKING NEWS:...

False claim about Obama’s birthplace circulates online

Politics Fatimah Quadri -
A claim that a former U.S. President, Barack Obama, was born in Kenya, has resurfaced on the internet. An X user, @AfricanHub_, made the claim...

Trump has NOT signed any executive order altering divorce laws in U.S.

Government Policy Fatimah Quadri -
A claim that the U.S. president, Donald Trump, has signed an executive order altering divorce laws in the United States has gone viral online. The...

False claims that Mike Tyson is dead circulates on Facebook

General Fatimah Quadri -
A claim that a former American  professional boxer, Mike Tyson, is dead has circulated widely on Facebook. The claim was posted on a Facebook group...

No, Traoré did not decline Trump’s invitation to his inauguration

Politics Nurudeen Akewushola -
A claim that Burkina Faso's military-backed president Ibrahim Traoré rejected an invitation to attend the inauguration ceremony of the US president, Donald Trump, has...

What Trump’s second term means for information resilience, media credibility

Insights Fatimah Quadri -
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump becomes the 47th President of the United States of America (USA) marking the beginning of his second term...

Photo does not show ‘Christian’ house spared in Los Angeles wildfire

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
AN image showing a white building with a red roof standing intact in a neighbourhood that’s almost fully burnt to ashes has surfaced online...

Videos of R. Kelly new single are AI generated!

General Fatimah Quadri -
A claim that a music video released from prison by the US singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly, popularly called R. Kelly has gone viral on...

AI may spur disinformation campaigns, phishing about US 2024 elections – Report

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
STATE and local officials are worried that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and other emerging technologies may be used to spread disinformation and power phishing...

Meta, TikTok, remove about 9,000 accounts linked to Chinese disinformation campaigns

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
META said it has shut down close to 9,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts, groups and pages associated with a Chinese political spam network that...
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