Daily Archives: Apr 18, 2026
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News
Doctors, scientists band together to combat misinformation on Twitter
Doctors, scientists, among other health professionals, have banded together to amplify health-related information on the microblogging platform, Twitter.
The team, which comprises health professionals from...
News
Meta may ease COVID-19 policies on misinformation
Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, says it is considering reviewing its policies on COVID-19 misinformation.
In addition, it said that it is...
General
Phishing website for NPC recruitment circulates on social media Â
A WEB portal allegedly from the National Population Commission (NPC) is circulating on social media with a claim that the Commission is receiving applications...
Economy
Electricity: Claim that national grid has collapsed eighteen times in 2022 is FALSE
FOLLOWING the collapse of Nigeria's national electricity grid last week, a viral claim has circulated online.
The report, which was published by several blogs in...
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Osun Decides 2022: Claim that Yusuf Lasun has withdrawn from governorship poll is FALSE
A CLAIM that Yusuf Lasun, the Labour Party candidate in Saturday's governorship election in Osun State, has withdrawn from the poll has circulated online.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),...
