Daily Archives: Jul 27, 2026
Fact Guage:
Politics
Charly Boy makes false claim about October 1 rally held by Peter Obi’s supporters
NIGERIAN music artiste, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, on Sunday tweeted a footage, claiming that the video shows Peter Obi's supporters in the riverine areas holding...
Elections
Fact-checking Keyamo’s claims on Muslim-Muslim ticket, percentage of votes won by Atiku in 2019
NIGERIA's minister of Labour and Employment and Spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has said the Action Congress...
Elections
FACTSHEET: What you need to know about Nigeria’s pivotal 2023 general elections
By Allwell Okpi and Oluseyi Awojulugbe.
Official campaigns for Nigeria’s 2023 general elections – expected to be among the most important in its recent democratic...
Politics
Video of Dino Melaye talking about Peter Obi goes viral under misleading context
By Silas Jonathan
A video, which depicted Senator Dino Melaye expressing his support for Peter Obi, the Labour Party's presidential candidate, ahead of Nigeria's 2023...
General
False claims circulate online about UDUS’ Post UTME form for 2022/2023 academic session
By Mudathir Hayatullahi Folorunsho
ON Monday, 5th of September, 2022, a report published by an online blog named "School Beginner", claimed that Usmanu Danfodiyo University,...
News
INEC urges media organisations to fact-check stories before dissemination
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has tasked media organisations in Nigeria to always fact-check stories before processing them for public consumption.
INEC chairman, Professor...
News
TikTok updates policies following alleged misinformation
THE popular video-sharing app, TikTok, has announced additional policies after a report indicted its platform of exposing its users to misinformation.
Blake Chandlee, president of...
Insights
2023: Partisan politics and online hate speech among journalists
By Joy Jaiyesimi
The 2023 election fever has gripped many Nigerians, politicians and political parties alike. So also, the society, mainstream media, online blogs, and...
News
2023 election: Jonathan urges Nigerians to shun fake news, hate speech
FORMER Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, has urged Nigerians to shun fake news, hate speech and propaganda ahead of the nation's 2023 general election.
Jonathan made...
News
Effective measures required to curb spread of disinformation, misinformation via text message
THERE are more conversations about how to combat election disinformation and misinformation on social media, but there seems not to be a comparable effort...
