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2023 polls: Seven ways to avoid election misinformation

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola - January 7, 2023 0

THE impact of information disorder has begun to play out in the build-up to Nigeria's general election, holding in February and March this year....

2023 election: INEC disowns fake ad-hoc staff recruitment website

News Nurudeen Akewushola - January 4, 2023 0

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a website advertising ad-hoc staff positions for the agency for the 2023 general election. It will be...

Image on branded bags of rice shows PDP chieftain not Peter Obi

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola - January 3, 2023 0

A visual showing some packaged rice have surfaced online with a claim that it shows bags of rice branded with the People Democratic Party's...

Does excessive sugar cause diabetes? Analysing Nigeria’s claim for taxing sugar beverages

Health Editorial - December 31, 2022 0

By Joseph Olaoluwa Mama Risikat Kasali's back burned from the welts of the scorching sun as she dropped the ice cold bowl of cold drinks...

Buhari, Obi, Tinubu, Atiku, Saraki, other leading Nigerian politicians fact-checked in 2022

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola - December 27, 2022 0

2022 has been a tortuous year filled with several forms of inaccurate and misleading claims from politicians and most especially candidates for Nigeria's 2023...

Video does not show Governor Wike leading campaign rally for Peter Obi

Elections Raji Olatunji - December 23, 2022 0

A video has circulated online with the claim that it shows moments Rivers State Governor Nyesome Wike was leading a campaign rally for the...

Fake circular on Nigeria Immigration Service staff replacement circulates on WhatsApp

Government Policy Raji Olatunji - December 20, 2022 0

A press release attributed to the Civil Defense, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has claimed that the application for the Nigeria Immigration...

Peter Obi tops list of Nigeria’s presidential candidates with highest claims checked to be TRUE in 2022

Insights Raji Olatunji - December 18, 2022 0

SINCE political parties' primaries ended around mid-year, presidential candidates have kicked off their nationwide campaign activities, making several claims ahead of Nigeria's 2023 general...

Fact-checking Nasir El-Rufai’s claims about Nigerian military size, others at Chatham House

Elections Raji Olatunji - December 18, 2022 0

KADUNA State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was among the surrogates who accompanied the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu,...

False claim circulates online that Mercy Chinwo and her husband welcome their first twin babies

General Faith Abeka - December 18, 2022 0

A claim that Nigerian gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo Blessed and her husband have welcomed their first twin babies has circulated online. The claim, stated in...