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Fact Guage:

What Trump’s second term means for information resilience, media credibility

On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump becomes the 47th President of the United States of America (USA) marking the beginning of his second term...

Armour for the digital age: Three easy tools to help you verify information in 2025

By Kirsten Cosser If 2024 is remembered as the year of elections, 2025 may be the year of the aftermath. Misinformation thrives in times of...

Photo does not show ‘Christian’ house spared in Los Angeles wildfire

AN image showing a white building with a red roof standing intact in a neighbourhood that’s almost fully burnt to ashes has surfaced online...

Videos of R. Kelly new single are AI generated!

A claim that a music video released from prison by the US singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly, popularly called R. Kelly has gone viral on...

Claims of mass kidnapping in Oyo, state of emergency in South West are FALSE

AN X user, @Voiceofigbos, has claimed that 50 people, including five Nigerian soldiers, have been kidnapped by gunmen in Oyo State, and as a...

Are HND holders barred from NYSC?

A Facebook user, Obidient Voice, has claimed that holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) are no longer eligible to partake in the National Youth...

IFCN writes Meta CEO, warns against setbacks of online accuracy

SEQUEL to Meta's announcement to end its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States, over 100 fact-checking organizations who are signatories to the International...

False claims that El-Rufai defects to PDP circulate on X

CLAIMS that Nasir El-Rufai, a former Governor of Kaduna State and key figure in the All Progressives Congress (APC), has defected to the Peoples...

Mixed reactions as Meta ends fact-checking programme in US, embraces community notes

META’s announcement on Tuesday that it will end its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States and transition to a user-driven Community Notes system...

Watch out for these disinformation trends in 2025!

Disinformation has long plagued Nigeria's information landscape, influencing public perception, deepening social divides, and undermining trust in both public and private institutions. Its effects have...

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Doctored image of Sultan of Sokoto wearing charm garment circulates online

AN X user, @MilesHopkins15, has shared an image depicting...

Again, Buhari makes false claims about Nigeria’s economy, security during his presidency

FORMER Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has once again claimed...

What happens if you “get rid” of fact-checking?

Joel Kaplan, Zuckerberg’s second in command at Meta, has...

AI chatbots more likely to spread false claims in Russian and Chinese – Report

A recent NewsGuard audit across seven languages has found...

False claim portraying Tems as Ghanaian circulates online 

AN X user, @BenopaOnyx1, has posted an image of...

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Doctored image of Sultan of Sokoto wearing charm garment circulates online

AN X user, @MilesHopkins15, has shared an image depicting...

Again, Buhari makes false claims about Nigeria’s economy, security during his presidency

FORMER Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has once again claimed...

What happens if you “get rid” of fact-checking?

Joel Kaplan, Zuckerberg’s second in command at Meta, has...

AI chatbots more likely to spread false claims in Russian and Chinese – Report

A recent NewsGuard audit across seven languages has found...

False claim portraying Tems as Ghanaian circulates online 

AN X user, @BenopaOnyx1, has posted an image of...