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ICIR/ICFJ webinar: Should government regulate social media?
The Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Gbenga Sesan has urged the Nigerian government to channel the energy directed at social media regulation to carrying...
General
Satirical post circulates that iPhone 13 requires vaccination
A video has been shared repeatedly on WhatsApp in Nigeria that Apple's iPhone 13 series requires vaccination before it can be used.
The video, which...
Insights
ICIR/ICFJ to hold social media regulation webinar
THE International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ), in collaboration with The International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), is organising a webinar on social media regulation...
General
Beware! Fake website for Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme circulates online
The Federal Government in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on August 31 2021 launched the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP).
Although, the...
General
Old ISIS videos resurface online, construed as killing of Christians in Afghanistan
NOTE: Graphic images, readers discretion is advised.
A video showing footage of gruesome killings is being shared in Nigeria on the WhatsApp platform with the...
Economy
Are SIM cards made in Nigeria?
MINISTER of Communication and Digital Economy Isa Pantami told the press that Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards are now manufactured in Nigeria, this was...
Economy
Claim by FIRS that Nigeria is the only country that collects VAT at subnational level is false
LEAD of the Special Tax Operations Group at the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Mathew Gbonjubola claimed that there was nowhere in the world,...
General
Video does NOT show Christians wrapped in plastic bags in Afghanistan
A video of people wrapped in plastic bags spread on the floor has been shared multiple times on WhatsApp in Nigeria with the claim...
Economy
Joe Igbokwe makes misleading claim on Nigeria’s agricultural sector growth
IN a bid to show that insecurity in Nigeria did not impact negatively on the agricultural sector, Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on...
General
Viral images of football pitch submerged by flood not of Lekan Salami but Hillsborough
BARELY 24 hours after the Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde commissioned the remodelled Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan, the state capital, mixed reactions have...
