Daily Archives: Oct 23, 2026
Fact Guage:
Security
Claims of mass kidnapping in Oyo, state of emergency in South West are FALSE
AN X user, @Voiceofigbos, has claimed that 50 people, including five Nigerian soldiers, have been kidnapped by gunmen in Oyo State, and as a...
General
Are HND holders barred from NYSC?
A Facebook user, Obidient Voice, has claimed that holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) are no longer eligible to partake in the National Youth...
News
IFCN writes Meta CEO, warns against setbacks of online accuracy
SEQUEL to Meta's announcement to end its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States, over 100 fact-checking organizations who are signatories to the International...
Politics
False claims that El-Rufai defects to PDP circulate on X
CLAIMS that Nasir El-Rufai, a former Governor of Kaduna State and key figure in the All Progressives Congress (APC), has defected to the Peoples...
News
Mixed reactions as Meta ends fact-checking programme in US, embraces community notes
META’s announcement on Tuesday that it will end its third-party fact-checking programme in the United States and transition to a user-driven Community Notes system...
Insights
Watch out for these disinformation trends in 2025!
Disinformation has long plagued Nigeria's information landscape, influencing public perception, deepening social divides, and undermining trust in both public and private institutions.
Its effects have...
Business
No! Dangote refinery is NOT the biggest in the world
An X user, Mohammed Jammal with the username @whitenigerian, has posted a claim that Dangote built the biggest refinery in the world, while he...
Insights
Top sports misinformation that trended in 2024Â
As 2024 ends, we flashed back into a series of events that unfolded in Sports during the year, especially notable misinformation that occurred in...
Business
AI-generated images of ‘damaged’ Nigeria’s central bank building circulate online
A claim that the headquarters of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has being destroyed has surfaced online.
The claim, written in Hausa language, was made...
Government Policy
Fact-checking claims from Tinubu’s presidential media chat
IN what is reportedly the first presidential media chat since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office, he interacted with media personnel on Monday, December...
