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Fact-checking multiple claims about development indices in Anambra

Government Policy Fatimah Quadri - July 14, 2024 0

AN X user, @uptownoflagos, has made multiple claims about development indices in Anambra State. The claim was made in a post thread in response to...

Social media: How fake news fuels Nigeria’s farmers-herders conflict

Insights Olayinka Shehu - July 13, 2024 1

Syvaniah Ezekiel had no idea what her life would turn into when she woke up on December 24, 2023. She was completely unaware that...

New study reveals ways to safeguard elections against digital threats

News Fatimah Quadri - July 13, 2024 0

A new study by the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) has identified four important steps in mitigating digital threats to elections while engaging with...

41 accounts use AI to mass-produce political misinformation on TikTok – Report

News Nurudeen Akewushola - July 13, 2024 0

A new report by NewsGuard has uncovered how 41 TikTok accounts are using AI-generated narration to disseminate political misinformation at scale. The platform described it...

Video does NOT show Kenyan lawmakers hiding in the bush

General Fatimah Quadri - July 12, 2024 0

A Nigerian music artiste, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa popularly called Charly Boy has posted a video online alongside a claim that Kenyan lawmakers were seen...

Video does not show flooding in Austria

General Nurudeen Akewushola - July 10, 2024 0

RESIDENTS of Lagos State recently experienced heavy floods following the torrential rain that left many families homeless for days. The development sparked criticisms from the...

US exposes alleged AI-driven Russian ‘bot farm’

News Nurudeen Akewushola - July 10, 2024 0

THE United States has uncovered an AI-powered information operation run from Russia involving about 1,000 social media accounts posing as Americans. The accounts on X...

Hauwa Allahbura makes false claim about Ogun State’s 2024 budget

Economy Nurudeen Akewushola - July 6, 2024 0

THE Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, trended on X this week as many Nigerian netizens called him out over the poor quality of...

Okuama murder: Community lies in ruins despite Nigerian Army’s “no retaliation” promise

Security Phillip Anjorin, Sunday Awosoro and Praise Cole - July 6, 2024 0

THE phrase “Peace Mission” was plastered across tabloids and amplified on social media, but it was a cruel contradiction for the Okuama community in...