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‘Blue Check’ verified accounts are flooding Twitter with misinformation – Report

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola - April 22, 2023 0

A News Guard’s ‘misinformation monitor’ report has revealed that Twitter's "blue check" which was previously an indication of an account's authenticity, has now become...

Parody, Stan accounts fuelling misinformation in Nigeria

General Faith Abeka - April 21, 2023 0

This year Nigeria held its general election, which saw the proliferation of mis / disinformation in the social media space. The Corporate Accountability and Public...

How Twitter’s Elon Musk amplifies misinformation – Report

News Nurudeen Akewushola - April 20, 2023 0

A report by the Agence France-Presse (AFP) has alleged that the Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, Elon Musk, repeatedly used his account to amplify...

No, Feyi Daniels was not charged to court over prophesy

Politics Nurudeen Akewushola - April 19, 2023 0

ON April 17, 2023, a Twitter account, Peter Obi Grassroots Mobilization (@P_O GrassrootRoomM) claimed that a clergyman, Feyi Daniels was charged to court by...

Viral images do not show Akeredolu on Aiyetoro beach in Ondo State

General Fatimah Quadri - April 18, 2023 0

A Twitter user, Dr. Abiola Oshodi, with the username: @AbiolaOshodi, has shared four images of Rotimi Akeredolu, the Ondo state governor, on a beach...

Beware! Scam website circulates in wake of FG’s plan to distribute fuel subsidy removal palliative

General Fatimah Quadri - April 17, 2023 0

A claim that the Nigerian government has started distributing fuel subsidy removal palliative to fifty million Nigerians has been circulating on WhatsApp. The claim was...

Video does not show INEC REC for Adamawa brutalized

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola - April 16, 2023 0

A video showing a lynched man inside a vehicle has surfaced online with a claim that it shows the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)...

Claim that Alex Otti secures $50 million dollars for road construction in Abia is FALSE

Government Policy Faith Abeka - April 16, 2023 0

A Twitter user, @CossyCosydiva, has claimed that Abia state Governor-elect, Alex Otti, has secured a $50million dollars funding for the construction of a 500km...

Claim that money, fabrics and food were shared at Kebbi supplementary election is TRUE

Elections Fatimah Quadri - April 16, 2023 0

A claim that money, textile fabrics and foodstuffs were distributed to the electorate during the governorship supplementary election held in Kebbi state on Saturday,...

Beware of online platforms claiming to be doing fact-checks, fact-checkers warn

News Fatimah Quadri - April 14, 2023 0

Nigerians have been warned to be wary of several online platforms claiming to be credible fact-checking platforms in the country. Members of the Nigerian Fact-checkers'...