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How fake PVC registration websites stirred misinformation over INEC’s CVR exercise
JUST as the Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) exercise embarked upon by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was winding down in July 2022, fake...
Economy
Peter Obi makes false claim about Nigeria’s total export in 2021
THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has claimed that Nigeria’s total export was less than 30 billion US dollars in 2021.
According...
Insights
How accurate is Atiku’s claim on population of social media users in Northern Nigeria?
THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has claimed that 90 per cent of Nigerians from the Northern part of...
News
Doctors, scientists band together to combat misinformation on Twitter
Doctors, scientists, among other health professionals, have banded together to amplify health-related information on the microblogging platform, Twitter.
The team, which comprises health professionals from...
News
Meta may ease COVID-19 policies on misinformation
Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, says it is considering reviewing its policies on COVID-19 misinformation.
In addition, it said that it is...
General
Phishing website for NPC recruitment circulates on social media Â
A WEB portal allegedly from the National Population Commission (NPC) is circulating on social media with a claim that the Commission is receiving applications...
Economy
Electricity: Claim that national grid has collapsed eighteen times in 2022 is FALSE
FOLLOWING the collapse of Nigeria's national electricity grid last week, a viral claim has circulated online.
The report, which was published by several blogs in...
News
Russia fines Google $373 million for allegedly promoting fake news
Russia has fined Alphabet Inc.'s Google $373 million for allegedly promoting fake news on its platform.
The development is in line with Russia's efforts to...
News
YouTube to remove videos with abortion misinformation
YOUTUBE says it is cracking down on videos containing abortion misinformation and will take down videos that provide instructions for unsafe abortion.
The company, in...
Elections
False claim circulates that Ademola Adeleke is giving out N10,000 grants to Nigerians
A VIRAL post has claimed that Ademola Adeleke is giving out N10,000 campaign grants to Nigerians.
The post which was retrieved from a WhatsApp group...
