Daily Archives: Jul 27, 2026
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News
Russia fines Google $373 million for allegedly promoting fake news
Russia has fined Alphabet Inc.'s Google $373 million for allegedly promoting fake news on its platform.
The development is in line with Russia's efforts to...
News
YouTube to remove videos with abortion misinformation
YOUTUBE says it is cracking down on videos containing abortion misinformation and will take down videos that provide instructions for unsafe abortion.
The company, in...
Elections
False claim circulates that Ademola Adeleke is giving out N10,000 grants to Nigerians
A VIRAL post has claimed that Ademola Adeleke is giving out N10,000 campaign grants to Nigerians.
The post which was retrieved from a WhatsApp group...
Elections
Osun Decides 2022: Claim that Yusuf Lasun has withdrawn from governorship poll is FALSE
A CLAIM that Yusuf Lasun, the Labour Party candidate in Saturday's governorship election in Osun State, has withdrawn from the poll has circulated online.
The...
Elections
TRUE, this photo shows dilapidated school building around Gboyega Oyetola’s polling unit
A PHOTO showing a building around the polling unit of the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola has surfaced online with a claim...
Elections
Claim that Ademola Adeleke has been sacked by court is FALSE
THE screenshot of a post attributed to a Twitter account, @APCYSForum, claiming that the Osun state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...
Elections
Claim that personal assistant to Commissioner for Special Duty in Osun State was caught with thumb-printed ballot is FALSE
A TWEET alleging that Lekan Badmus, the Personal Assistant to the Commissioner for Special Duties in Osun State has been caught with thumb-printed ballot...
Elections
Osun Decides 2022: Old video of Iyiola Omisore sharing money resurfaces online
AN old video showing the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretary, Iyiola Omisore, sharing money with some people has resurfaced online.
A Twitter user, Ayemojubar,...
Elections
Oyetola makes false claim on violent attacks in Osun state
THE incumbent governor of Osun state, Gboyega Oyetola, has claimed that the state has not experienced any serious case of banditry, armed robbery, and...
Insights
How resignation of APC chieftain stirs misinformation online
SHORTLY after an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Daniel Bwala, announced his resignation from the party on Sunday, July 10, 2020, misinformation about his...
