Daily Archives: Jul 27, 2026
Fact Guage:
Health
Did US-funded Biolabs in Nigeria lead to monkeypox outbreak?
The media space, especially social media platforms, has been inundated with claims that the current spread of monkeypox was linked to at least four...
General
Misleading reports circulate that Buhari’s daughter, Zahra bags First Class in Architectural Science
MULTIPLE media reports have circulated online that the daughter of Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari, Zahra, recently graduated from a foreign university.
Several media outlets and...
General
Video shot 26 years before Queen Elizabeth II’s birth circulates online with FALSE claim
A video purportedly showing the moment Queen Elizabeth II was throwing food at African children has surfaced online.
A Twitter user with the handle @Frankie_dux...
General
Crowning King of England: Viral white goat NOT for sacrifice
A post on Facebook claimed that a white goat in an image taken at the proclamation of Prince Charles as the King of England...
News
2023 elections: Media houses urged to embrace fact-checking
NIGERIAN media houses have been urged to establish fact-checking desks in their newsrooms and incorporate fact-checking processes in their journalism practice in order tackle...
News
Panellists at fact-checkers conference task Facebook, Twitter to halt fake news
By Harrison Edeh
PANELLISTS at the Nigerian Fact-checkers Coalition Conference in Abuja on Tuesday asked social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook to take more...
News
Misinformation: US, Nigeria face similar problems – Diplomat
By Sinafi Omanga
THE United States (US) has said the problem of misinformation during electioneering campaigns that Nigeria is facing ahead of the nation's 2023...
News
ICIR, Mac-Arthur raise concerns over state-sponsored misinformation in Nigeria
By Harrison Edeh
AHEAD of Nigeria's 2023 general elections, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (The ICIR) and Mac-Arthur Foundation have raised concerns over state-sponsored...
News
Study says pre-bunking effective in tackling misinformation
A study released recently says pre-bunking is an effective technique against the spread of online disinformation and misinformation.
The study, published by Science Advances and...
Insights
Five times Obi quoted wrong figures in public
PETER Obi, a former Governor of Anambra state and Labour Party's (LP) presidential candidate for Nigeria's 2023 elections, had early this August engaged in...
