How foreign-linked accounts amplify disinformation about gunmen attack in Nigeria’s Plateau state
THE widespread public condemnation following the Christmas eve's gunmen attack in Plateau state has paved way for the dissemination of false information amplified, not...
Photos do not show gunmen attack in Plateau state
A photo collage showing the interior of a church and a floor stained with blood has circulated online with a claim that it shows...
False claim circulates that nobody was arrested, prosecuted for terrorist attacks in Northern Nigeria
AN X user, Shehu Ghazali Sadiq with the username: @shehusky, has claimed that the Nigerian government has never arrested and prosecuted anyone for all...
Old images resurface online amidst Plateau killings
AN X user @endwokeness published a post accompanied with three images and attributed them to the mass killings that took place in Plateau state...
Did Lagos record zero bank robbery in four years?
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Sanwo-Olu...
How disinformation actors fuelled violence, voter apathy in Imo governorship election
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Video showing a child allegedly being shot is from a movie, not Israel-Hamas war
A video showing a child supposedly being shot with a gun has circulated online amidst the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
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Oyetola makes false claim on violent attacks in Osun state
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False claim that Yemi Adenuga has won Irish election circulates online
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Video of people looting buried chickens is NOT recent
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