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Elections
Key Nigerian political figures fact-checked during off-cycle governorship elections in Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa
SOME influential Nigerian politicians shared false information in the build-up, amid and after the just concluded off-cycle elections in Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi states held...
General
Fake Nigerian police recruitment websites circulate online
FAKE and phishing websites are circulating widely on the internet following the commencement of the recruitment process for constables and specialists of the Nigeria...
News
IFCN awards $1million to 20 fact-checking organizations to expand operations
THE International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute has awarded a total of $1 million in funding to twenty organizations to improve the...
Security
Viral video of UN drone crash is over 9 years old!
A claim that a United Nations (UN) drone loaded with gold, foreign currencies, guns, and parachutes that crash-landed in the Northern part of Kivu-Goma,...
News
Nigerian government tasks editors on media literacy, fact-checking
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has urged Nigerian editors to use media and digital literacy, responsible reportage and fact-checking to stem the spread of misinformation...
General
False claim circulates that family of four died after consuming canned fish in Nnewi
A Facebook user, Cruzyfresh Comedy, has posted a video alongside a caption that says a certain type of canned fish should not be consumed...
Security
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.
An X user with the name...
General
Claim that a councillor in Hadejia LGA supports his constituents with swallow food is FALSE
A claim has been circulating on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) that a councilor in the Hadejia local government area of Jigawa state in...
Elections
Online misinformation trails Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi governorship polls
Online misinformation has continued to trail the collation of governorship poll results and the announcement of winners by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),...
News
Online disinformation: UNESCO announces plan to regulate social media platforms
THE Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has said the regulation of social media platforms is imminent to protect access to information "while at the...
