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How scam, fraudulent actors take advantage of COVID-19
As troubling misinformation around COVID-19 and its vaccines hits Nigeria, the country also has to bother about cyber insecurity riding on the coattails of...
COVID-19
Do aspirin, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs cure COVID-19?
A CLAIM circulating on several WhatsApp groups in Nigeria says that aspirin, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs are the best cures for COVID-19.
The claim started...
General
Old video from EndSARS protest recirculates amid June 12 protest
JUST as Nigerians on Saturday, June 12, took to the streets to hold protest against bad governance, corruption, Â insecurity and other forms of maladministration,...
General
Twitter did not change action buttons in solidarity of June 12 protest
On Saturday June 12, 2021, Many Nigerians across multiple locations took to the street in protest to show and air their grievance and dissatisfaction...
COVID-19
Riding on WhatsApp, scam sites soar in wake of COVID-19
Troubling misinformation around COVID-19 and its vaccines hits Nigeria. The country also has to bother about cyber insecurity riding on the coattails of the...
Government Policy
Malami joins Nigerians to defy ban, access Twitter using VPN
Did the Nigeria Attorney General of Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami flout Twitter ban? a question posed to the FactCheckHub for verification.
The Federal Government of...
Government Policy
Is Nigeria the only country in Africa where Twitter is restricted?
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on June 5, 2021 claimed that Nigeria is the only African country where Twitter is restricted.
SERAP made...
General
Nigeria: Twitter policy didn’t author action review tweet in circulation
A photo of a tweet stating that Twitter has promised to respect the laws and sovereignty of Nigeria circulated on social media was alleged...
General
Facebook CEO didn’t author tweet claiming Buhari cannot ‘think properly’
A photo of a  tweet stating that the president of Nigeria is suffering from the ‘inability to think properly’  which has gone viral on...
Insights
How Twitter stirred inter ethnic crisis in Oyo amidst pandemic
FEBRUARY 15, 2021. Ajani Olaide, a resident of Shasha community narrated how his uncle was killed during the ethnic crisis that ensued between Hausa...
