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Liberia
Assessing Weah’s claim to fame as “Feminist-in-Chief” and the cry of women in Liberia
In October 2018, Liberian leader George Weah declared himself “Liberia’s Feminist-in-Chief.” By that declaration, the Executive Mansion said, the President…
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Sierra Leone
DUBAWA launches Community Verification/Fact-checking Service with IFCN, Meta support
DUBAWA, a fact-checking arm of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), has launched a community verification service that…
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Fact Check
Hookah-smoking viral image not, Abiodun Oyefusi, Labour Party’s deputy governorship candidate in Lagos
By: Lois Ugbede and Christiana Amodu-Otinyia Claim: “Viral image of a lady smoking hookah is the deputy governorship candidate of…
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Sierra Leone
False! No fatality recorded from Bo Stadium incident
Claim: An online news platform, Theorganiser.net, claims that Bo Stadium collapsed and killed some school girls. Verdict: False! The entire…
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Research
Machine or human interaction? Analysis of bots’ activities on Nigeria’s presidential candidates’ Twitter accounts ahead of the 2023 presidential elections
By Silas Jonathan and Kemi Busari Abstract This study examines the degree of bot operation on Twitter in the build-up…
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Mainstream
A typology and distribution analysis of information disorder on the 2023 general elections in Nigeria
By Kemi Busari and Silas Jonathan Abstract The study analysed claims about the 2023 general elections extracted from fact-check articles…
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Featured
DUBAWA researcher, nine others selected for IFCN health fact-checking course
DUBAWA researcher, Lois Ugbede, has been selected to participate in the International Fact-checking Network (IFCN) course on health fact-checking. The…
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Hausa
Masu tantance gaskiyar bayanai a Najeriya sun hada gwiwa da Arise News a mahawarorin ‘yan takarar shugaban kasa.
Hadakar kungiyoyin tantance gaskiyar bayanai a Najeriya wato Nigerian Fact Checkers’ Coalition (NFC) a wani mataki na sauke alhakin da…
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Hausa
Yaya gaskiyar abubuwan da Tinubu ya bayyana a cikin manufofin da ya gabatar?
Nan da ‘yan watanni kalilan, hukumar kula da zabe, wato Hukumar Zabe Mai Zaman Kanta a Najeriya (INEC) za ta…
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Hausa
Alakaluman da Buhari ya bayar na adadin wadanda suka yi allurar rigakafi ba dai-dai ba ne
Zargi: Shugaban Najeriya Muhammadu Buhari ya ce mutane miliyan 38.7 wadanda ke zaman kashi 35 cikin 100 na mutanen da…
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