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Meta to test ‘Community Notes’ using algorithms from X

META has announced plans to test its new 'Community Notes' feature across its social media platforms on March 18, 2025 as it shifts away...

Police commit to press freedom, pledge to partner media against disinformation

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced plans to intensify efforts in tackling misinformation and disinformation in the country, recognizing their potential to incite...

Video does not show Jonathan accused Sowore of working for Tinubu

AN X user, @nolifefahard, has posted a video showing a former Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, in a media interview alongside a claim that...

Did Nigeria record lowest terrorism attacks in decade?

AN X user, Mohammed Jammal (@whitenigerian), has claimed that Nigeria recorded the lowest terrorism attacks in the last 10 years while citing an infographic...

How Meta’s policy change may boost fake death hoaxes on Facebook

AMIDST increasing efforts by fact-checking organizations globally to empower the public with information resilience skills, hoaxes, particularly those of celebrity death, continue to spread...

Experts call for restructuring of social media algorithms to prioritize users well-being

A new report from the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) in the United States has called for a fundamental shift in how social media and online...

Video does not show Atiku dancing at Wizkid’s concert 

AN X user, @Innocent_Zikky, has posted a video showing a man dancing at a party with a claim that it shows former Nigeria's Vice...

Nigeria is NOT the cheapest country to live in Africa 

AN X user, @jeffphilips1, has claimed that Nigeria is the cheapest country to live in Africa. He posted the claim with a caption thus:  “Yet the...

UK still on US visa waiver programme but Nigeria was never included

AN X user, @nigeriastories, has claimed that the United States has excluded the United Kingdom, Nigeria, and others from visa-free entry for 2025. “BREAKING NEWS:...

No, Kaduna has generated foreign investment since El-Rufai left office

AN X user, @xagreat, has claimed that Kaduna State has not attracted a single Foreign Direct Investment since its former governor, Nasir El-Rufai, left...

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How digital platforms fuel ethno-religious hate speech in Nigeria

THE growth of digital platforms has aided how people...

No, Keyamo did not say Lagos Airport has only one door

A VIRAL post on social media circulated by a...

Fact-checking Tinubu’s Democracy Day speech

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu delivered a nationwide broadcast on Friday,...

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How digital platforms fuel ethno-religious hate speech in Nigeria

THE growth of digital platforms has aided how people...

No, Keyamo did not say Lagos Airport has only one door

A VIRAL post on social media circulated by a...

Fact-checking Tinubu’s Democracy Day speech

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu delivered a nationwide broadcast on Friday,...