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Nine things you need to know about Kaduna’s electronic voting system deployed for LG elections

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Nine things you need to know about Kaduna’s electronic voting system deployed for LG elections

Lami Sadiq August 29, 2021 0

In 2018, Kaduna State became the first state in Nigeria to conduct an election using an electronic...

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Lagos University Teaching Hospital not source of viral WhatsApp message on women’s health

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Lagos University Teaching Hospital not source of viral WhatsApp message on women’s health

Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle August 27, 2021 0

Claim: A WhatsApp message that has been forwarded many times purportedly from Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH)...

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Do 32% of Nigerians own bitcoin as Twitter CEO claimed?

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Do 32% of Nigerians own bitcoin as Twitter CEO claimed?

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo August 26, 2021 0

Claim: Jack Dorsey, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Twitter, the microblogging platform, recently tweeted that 32%...

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Did You Know There Are Billions of Social Media Bots Designed to Mimic Humans? Here’s How to Spot Them

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Did You Know There Are Billions of Social Media Bots Designed to Mimic Humans? Here’s How to Spot Them

Mohammed Dahiru Lawal August 26, 2021 0

“Bots” — automated social media accounts which pose as real people — have a huge presence on...

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What you need to know about the 3 brands of Covid-19 vaccines deployed in Nigeria

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What you need to know about the 3 brands of Covid-19 vaccines deployed in Nigeria

Lami Sadiq August 25, 2021 1

On March 2nd, Nigeria became the third West African country to receive nearly 4million COVID-19 dosage of...

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Four questions to ask when consuming information online

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Four questions to ask when consuming information online

Funmilola Afolabi August 24, 2021 0

The information age also known as the jet age has brought a significant increase in available sources...

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Marburg virus: What you need to know about Disease recently detected in West Africa

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Marburg virus: What you need to know about Disease recently detected in West Africa

Faith Adeoye August 24, 2021 0

On Monday, August 9, 2021, the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed the first case of Marburg virus...

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No evidence mixture of kerosene and Insecticide kill head lice

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No evidence mixture of kerosene and Insecticide kill head lice

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo August 24, 2021 0

Claim: Viral reports claimed home remedies such as insecticides, kerosene mixed with substances like camphor kill head...

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A drop in female contestants and other things to know about forthcoming Anambra Gubernatorial Elections

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A drop in female contestants and other things to know about forthcoming Anambra Gubernatorial Elections

Silas Jonathan August 18, 2021 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),  has slated November 6th for the highly anticipated 2021 Anambra election....

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Pegasus: All you need to know about spyware that could erode your phone privacy despite encryption

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Pegasus: All you need to know about spyware that could erode your phone privacy despite encryption

Silas Jonathan, Maxine Danso August 18, 2021 0

Pegasus is a sophisticated spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms firm NSO Group that can be discreetly...

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