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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...
Elections
Fact-checking Obi’s claims at ‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Monday, November 21, 2022 made several claims on the situation of the country and...
Elections
Fact-checking Kwankwaso’s claims at ‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series
AHEAD of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Saturday made several claims...
Elections
Fact-checking Sowore’s claims at ‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, on Friday made several claims on the situation of the country and his plans...
Elections
Fact-checking Adewole Adebayo’s claims at ‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series
AHEAD of Nigeria's 2023 general elections, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, made an appearance at a town hall...
