Daily Archives: Sep 7, 2026
Fact Guage:
Insights
Peter Obi tops list of Nigeria’s presidential candidates with highest claims checked to be TRUE in 2022
SINCE political parties' primaries ended around mid-year, presidential candidates have kicked off their nationwide campaign activities, making several claims ahead of Nigeria's 2023 general...
Elections
Fact-checking Nasir El-Rufai’s claims about Nigerian military size, others at Chatham House
KADUNA State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was among the surrogates who accompanied the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu,...
General
False claim circulates online that Mercy Chinwo and her husband welcome their first twin babies
A claim that Nigerian gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo Blessed and her husband have welcomed their first twin babies has circulated online.
The claim, stated in...
News
False Claim on Tinubu attributed to the Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition
THE attention of the Nigerian Fact-Checkers Coalition (NFC) has been drawn to a disturbing false claim attributed to our team of fact-checkers.
The bogus fact-check...
Politics
Viral video does not show APC national chairman being stripped naked in Nasarawa
A viral video showing a man being assaulted has surfaced online with a claim that it shows the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress...
News
2023 polls: CDD unveils ‘war room’ to tackle political misinformation
THE Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has unveiled an election war room to tackle misinformation and fish out its purveyors ahead of Nigeria's...
News
2023 elections: Don tasks media practitioners to shun fake news
AHEAD of Nigeria's 2023 general elections, media practitioners in the country have been tasked to shun fake news to avoid confusing Nigerians during the...
Insights
Disinformation in Brazil election: Lessons for Nigeria ahead of 2023 polls
For fact-checkers across the world, election season comes with an enormous task, as it is often characterised by misinformation and disinformation. And the October...
Elections
No, Video does not show Reno Omokri campaigning in support of Tinubu at Chatham House
ON Monday, December 5, 2022, a viral video shared by The Nation Newspaper claimed that a former presidential aide to Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri,...
News
Google, YouTube partner IFCN to support global fact-checking initiatives with $13.2m grant
THE International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has announced a partnership with Google and YouTube to support the fight against misinformation globally.
A statement on Tuesday from...
