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Ezekwesili, other panellists at ICIR, ICFJ webinar mull new approach against fake news
Nigeria’s former Minister of Education Dr Oby Ezekwesili says there's a need to consider motivating purveyors of factual information through incentives to discourage the...
Tutorials
How to archive posts for future reference
There are several reasons why you may want to keep a post or content you saw online for future reference.
One of such reasons is...
Insights
Ezekwesili, others headline ICIR, ICFJ Knight Fellowship webinar on misinformation
The International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) in conjunction with the ICFJ Knight Fellowship in Nigeria will on Wednesday, March 31st, 2021, hold a...
COVID-19
FG is NOT giving out COVID-19 ‘survival fund grant
A VIRAL post circulating on WhatsApp claims the Federal Government of Nigeria is giving out COVID-19 survival fund grant.
According to the broadcast message retrieved...
Government Policy
Samia Hassan Suluhu NOT first female president in East Africa
VIRAL posts on Thursday, March 18, 2021, claimed that Samia Hassan Suluhu, who is set to become Tanzania's next president, would be the first...
General
Does viral photo show Assistant Commissioner of Police arrested?
ON March 12, 2021, Soludo Diaso @SDiaso, shared a photo of a man wearing a Police uniform and several other men sitting on the...
General
Burna Boy, Wizkid NOT the first Nigerians to win Grammy
VIRAL posts on Sunday, March 14, 2021 claimed that Nigerian artistes, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy and Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly...
Elections
Has North Korean President, Kim Jong-Un, been contesting unopposed?
A viral post on Twitter claimed that the North Korean president, Kim Jong-un, has been the only one appearing on ballot despite the country...
General
Viral photo of cattle eating tomatoes is from India, not Nigeria
ON March 4, 2021, an image posted by a blog showed cattle eating from a tomato heap by the roadside.
The blog noted that these...
Economy
Is Nigeria the largest producer of cassava in the world?
KARIMA Babangida, the Director of Federal Ministry of Agriculture claimed that Nigeria is the highest producer of cassava.
Babangida who was represented by Umar Mohamed,...
