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INEC seeks Meta’s collaboration to tackle election disinformation

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola - January 20, 2023 0

NIGERIA's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is in talks with the management of Meta (Facebook parent company) to combat the menace of election disinformation...

Fashola makes false claim that Tinubu is the first governor to raise infrastructure bond

Economy Vincent Ufuoma - January 13, 2023 0

NIGERIA'S Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was the first...

Image does not show Bagudu’s son convocation

General Nurudeen Akewushola - January 10, 2023 0

ON the 6th of January, 2023, a Twitter user, @tripplemetmedia tweeted a photo showing the Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu posed with...

#NigeriaDecides2023: 10 disinformation trends in election season

Elections Editorial - January 10, 2023 0

By Allwell Okpi Nigeria’s 2023 elections are only weeks away. Voters are set to pick a president and members of the national assembly on 25...

Claim that DSTV added new channel due to Ronaldo’s transfer is FALSE

General Nurudeen Akewushola - January 8, 2023 0

A claim that Digital Satellite Television (DSTV), the Sub-Saharan African direct broadcast satellite service owned by MultiChoice, has set up a new channel to...

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...