Daily Archives: Sep 22, 2026
Fact Guage:
General
Doctored viral image shows Lionel Messi ‘shopping for guns’ in America
AN image showing the football star, Lionel Messi, pushing a cart containing guns has surfaced online with a claim that it shows the Argentine...
Insights
EXPLAINER: What you need to know about QR code phishing
RECENTLY, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced the suspension of Ejikeme Mmesoma from writing its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for three...
News
Gen Z, millennials more prone to fake news than older adults – Report
A recent survey carried out by the University of Cambridge has shown that Gen Z and Millennials are more susceptible to fake news than...
News
Fact-checkers, journalists urged to curb misinformation to safeguard democracy in Africa
Fact-checkers and journalists in Africa have been urged to utilize their verification skills to ensure free flow of factual information in public so as...
Tutorials
Five quick tips to identify fake news shared on social media
It's no longer news that online users are faced with the perennial problem of fake news as they surf the internet or navigate various...
News
Fact-checkers, researchers urged to balance reportage to combat fake news effectively
FACT-CHECKERS have called on academic researchers to put more efforts in making their output relevant to disinformation experts.
Academic researchers on the other hand have...
News
2023 Elections: EU observers list Keyamo, Fani-Kayode as purveyors of fake news
THE European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Nigeria, has listed two prominent Nigerians, Festus Keyamo and Femi Fani Kayode (FFK), as purveyors...
News
DUBAWA’s report on ‘Baba Aisha herbal medicine’ wins at Global Fact 10
Dubawa has emerged winner of the highest impact fact-check at the Global Fact 10 awards held in Seoul, South Korea on Friday.
Announcing the winners...
News
Global Fact-Check Fund: FactCheckHub, Dubawa, 33 others get Google/YouTube grant
THE FactCheckHub and Dubawa were among the 35 organisations named on Thursday as recipient of the Global Fact-Check Fund which is run by the...
General
Doctored images of Peter Obi at Paris summit circulate online
IMAGES of Peter Obi with the French president, Emmanuel Macron at the Paris summit held in France have been circulating on social media space...
