Daily Archives: Oct 15, 2024
Fact Guage:
News
#EdoDecides2024: NFC sets to combat AI-misinformation, as stakeholders task media, tech coys to support fact-checkers to ensure election integrity
By Caleb Ijioma
Some critical stakeholders in Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election have urged the media and technology platforms such as Meta, X, and...
Elections
2024 Edo Election: ‘Fake news’ trends ahead of Saturday’s poll (LIVE-CHECK)
By Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition.
Ahead of Saturday's Edo State Governorship Election, the coalition's preliminary analysis has shown a growing trend of misinformation and disinformation online...
News
Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition launches situation rooms for Edo election, warns against misinformation
THE Nigerian Fact-Checkers’ Coalition (NFC) has launched Election Situation Rooms in Abuja and Lagos to monitor and combat misinformation and disinformation ahead of the...
Health
False claim that Nigeria has the second-largest burden of HIV infection globally circulates online
AN X user, @Osi_Suave, has claimed that Nigeria has the second-largest burden of HIV infections in the world, adding that the West African nation...
Security
Old video of residents fleeing Nigeria’s South-East community resurfaces online
A video showing mass human movement on streets has been circulating online with a claim that it shows residents in parts of Southeastern Nigeria...
Insights
How waving of Russian flags at ‘hunger’ protest signals growing influence operations in Nigeria
The August 'End Bad Governance' protest in Nigeria took a new turn on its third day when some Nigerian demonstrators, particularly in the northern...
Elections
False claim that Yemi Adenuga has won Irish election circulates online
A claim that the Nigerian-Irish politician, Yemi Adenuga, who was nominated in Fine Gael Meath West area to contest in the Irish general election...
General
No! Video does not show dead bodies recovered from Borno flood
AN X user, Obiasogu David (@afrisagacity) has posted a video showing vehicles conveying dead bodies with a claim that it shows the bodies recovered...
General
Video of people looting buried chickens is NOT recent
An X user, @obongattahikang, has posted a video showing a throng of people holding sacks and shovels to unearth buried frozen chickens from a...
Security
Video does not show recent gunmen attack in Nigeria’s Southeast
A video showing vehicles engulfed by fire has resurfaced online with a claim that it shows vehicles conveying Nigerian policemen being set ablaze recently...
