Daily Archives: Apr 18, 2026
Fact Guage:
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...
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...
