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Fact checks

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Information Disorder Analysis Centre

Detecting Fake News: Audience Perception of Information Credibility in the Media in Ghana

Philip Acquaye · 38 views · Oct 5, 2020

Detecting Fake News: Audience Perception of Information Credibility in the Media in Ghana
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Analysis

Does groundnut cause pimples as sometimes claimed?

Atinuke Seun-Ige · 437 views · Oct 2, 2020

Does groundnut cause pimples as sometimes claimed?
03
Analysis

Nigeria@60: Did India really beat Nigeria 99-1 in a football match?

Lateef Sanni · 601 views · Oct 2, 2020

Nigeria@60: Did India really beat Nigeria 99-1 in a football match?
04
Analysis

The use of ‘Air Doctor’ virus blockers as protection against COVID-19, how effective are they?

Alao Abiodun · 86 views · Oct 2, 2020

The use of ‘Air Doctor’ virus blockers as protection against COVID-19, how effective are they?
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Elections

Are APC Thugs destroying Roads in the North because of White Paper?

Sierra Leone · Alie Tarawally · 42 views · Oct 2, 2020

Are APC Thugs destroying Roads in the North because of White Paper?
06
Analysis

Nigeria@60: How true is claim that Flora Shaw, British journalist, coined the name Nigeria?

Francis Arinze Iloani · 522 views · Oct 1, 2020

… ‘Nigeria’ suggested 123yrs ago for ‘Niger Area’ … ‘Niger Area’ named ‘Nigeria’ 106yrs ago

Nigeria@60: How true is claim that Flora Shaw, British journalist, coined the name Nigeria?
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Analysis

Nigeria@60: A journey into cultural diversity in Africa’s most populated country

Silas Jonathan · 407 views · Oct 1, 2020

Nigeria@60: A journey into cultural diversity in Africa’s most populated country
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Analysis

Nigeria@60: How true is claim that Portuguese were first Europeans to Berth in Nigeria?

Nurudeen Lawal · 365 views · Oct 1, 2020

Though Nigeria was a colony of Britain, there have been recurrent historical claims that the Portuguese were the first Europeans to berth in the country, and that the “country” was first “discovered in the 1470’s by Portuguese adventurers”.

Nigeria@60: How true is claim that Portuguese were first Europeans to Berth in Nigeria?
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Analysis

Nigeria@60: Why Nigeria’s capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja

Lois Ugbede · 416 views · Oct 1, 2020

Nigeria@60: Why Nigeria’s capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja
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Analysis

Nigeria@60: How wealthy was Nigeria before Crude oil exploration?

Silas Jonathan · 140 views · Oct 1, 2020

The acclaimed tenet of a once 'Crudeless' and dominant Nigerian economy

Nigeria@60: How wealthy was Nigeria before Crude oil exploration?

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