Daily Archives: Jul 27, 2026
Fact Guage:
News
OpenAI disrupts Iranian influence campaigns targeting US election
OpenAI has identified and shut down an influence campaign linked to the Iranian government.Â
This operation, aimed at disseminating false information about the US elections,...
General
No, Onanuga has not deleted his X posts about Obi
A claim that Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has deleted all the posts...
News
Spread the Facts grant: IFCN awards $300,000 to ten fact-checking organisations
THE International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute has awarded $300,000 as part of Meta's "Spread the Facts" grant to ten fact-checking organisations...
Insights
How misinformation about Samoa Agreement caused uproar in Nigeria
By Claire Mom.
On July 1, 2024, during a reception organised by the European Union (EU) in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, Abubakar Bagudu, minister of...
News
Stakeholders advocate for digital inclusion, public service digitisation ahead of UN Summit of the Future
Stakeholders from various Civil Society Organizations and media have emphasized the urgent need to expand broadband access in Nigeria and digitise public services to...
General
Did Nigerian government cut cost of governance due to ‘hunger’ protest?
A video showing the Nigerian presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, announcing the reduction of number of people on entourages for federal government's official travels has...
General
Nigerian president’s official X handles recirculate old broadcast
FOLLOWING the criticism that trailed the nationwide broadcast delivered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on August 4, the official X accounts of the president...
General
Charly Boy shares old video of warehouse looting amid ‘End Bad Governance’ protests
NIGERIAN musician, Charles Oputa, has posted a video allegedly showing the recent looting of a warehouse amid the ongoing nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria.
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General
#EndBadGovernance: Viral video of protesters stoning policemen is from Kenya, not Nigeria
A video has been spreading across multiple social media platforms with a claim that it shows protesters of #EndBadGovernancelnNigeria chasing 'soldiers' away with stones...
News
IFCN condemns threats to abolish fact-checking organization in Greece
THE International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has condemned a recent threat by a member of Greece’s Hellenic Parliament, Kyriakos Velopoulos, to abolish Ellinika Hoaxes, a...
