THE United States Consulate in Lagos has emphasized the importance of factual information in strengthening Nigeria’s democracy and public institutions. This call was made by its Public Affairs Officer, Joseph Kruzich, during a fact-check workshop organised by FactsMatterNG, in Lagos …
A recent study has shown how misinformation about vaccine safety influenced the reluctance to vaccinate children in the United States. The study, titled: “Misinformation about vaccine safety and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among adults and 5-11-year-olds in the United States,” …
THERE are more conversations about how to combat election disinformation and misinformation on social media, but there seems not to be a comparable effort for text messages. What seems to be the biggest election disinformation event of this year’s midterm …
The media space, especially social media platforms, has been inundated with claims that the current spread of monkeypox was linked to at least four United States biological laboratories in Nigeria. Monkeypox in 2022 was first found on May 6 in …
By Sinafi Omanga THE United States (US) has said the problem of misinformation during electioneering campaigns that Nigeria is facing ahead of the nation’s 2023 general elections is not peculiar to the country. Speaking at the election disinformation conference organised …
A NIGERIAN broadcast journalist, Oseni Rufai, on Sunday, January 30, 2022 claimed that there are over 136 refineries in the United States of America, adding that none is owned by the government. Rufai made this claim while advocating for the …
A Twitter post shared thousands of times claim three photos of unmarked helicopters were taken “flying over forest in Maiduguri air dropping packages”. It noted that, in one of the instances, the chopper crashed, and villagers who went to the …
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