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WHO did not disqualify Nigeria from receiving COVID-19 vaccines as claimed by opposition WHO

WHO did not disqualify Nigeria from receiving COVID-19 vaccines as claimed by opposition

Silas Jonathan February 11, 2021

Claim: PDP claims Nigeria is disqualified by WHO from the list of nations to receive the COVID-19...

Fighting Misinformation on Twitter: Intricacies of Twitter’s latest pilot feature ‘Birdwatch’

Dubawa February 8, 2021

The preponderant influx of misinformation on social media and its injurious effects on audiences have been a...

What is the correct way to wear a medical mask? face masks

What is the correct way to wear a medical mask?

Lois Ugbede February 4, 2021

Claim: A picture being shared on WhatsApp shows the correct way to wear a medical mask when...

Fighting Misinformation on Twitter: Intricacies of Twitter’s latest pilot feature ‘Birdwatch’

Maxine Danso, Silas Jonathan February 1, 2021

The preponderant influx of misinformation on social media and its injurious effects on audiences have been a...

Six major misinformation subjects Nigerian fact-checkers battled in 2020 weekly newsletter

Six major misinformation subjects Nigerian fact-checkers battled in 2020

Dubawa February 1, 2021

Fake news has gradually evolved to settle as a force that can’t be completely ruled out so...

What you need to know about new COVID-19 health protection regulation signed by Buhari

Lois Ugbede January 30, 2021

On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari signed a new law titled Coronavirus Disease Health Protection...

President Biden’s speech on US’ COVID-19 plans slanted Joe Biden

President Biden’s speech on US’ COVID-19 plans slanted

Silas Jonathan January 27, 2021

Claim: A 13 seconds video shared on Twitter by Disclose. tv claims that President Biden said “there...

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Why Conspiracy Theories Can Be As Misleading As They Are Convincing

Kunle Adebajo January 25, 2021

The spread of the new coronavirus variant and the panic it has created have led to the...

International Fact-Checking Network nominated for Nobel Prize IFCN

International Fact-Checking Network nominated for Nobel Prize

Dubawa January 22, 2021

By the International Fact-Checking Network The International Fact-Checking Network, housed at the non-profit Poynter Institute for Media...

How True is Claim Anambra Owes over ₦200bn Debt? obiano-peter-obi

How True is Claim Anambra Owes over ₦200bn Debt?

Nurudeen Lawal January 22, 2021

Claim: A Twitter user, Nnamdi Chife (@NnamdiChife), claimed in a tweet that Anambra state is owing “a...

WHO did not disqualify Nigeria from receiving COVID-19 vaccines as claimed by opposition

What is the correct way to wear a medical mask?

Fighting Misinformation on Twitter: Intricacies of Twitter’s latest pilot feature ‘Birdwatch’

Six major misinformation subjects Nigerian fact-checkers battled in 2020

What you need to know about new COVID-19 health protection regulation signed by Buhari

President Biden’s speech on US’ COVID-19 plans slanted

Why Conspiracy Theories Can Be As Misleading As They Are Convincing

International Fact-Checking Network nominated for Nobel Prize

How True is Claim Anambra Owes over ₦200bn Debt?

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Round-Up: Claims spotlight Sokoto, terrorism this week

Bidiyon matasan da ke dukan Limami a Sokoto kan cewa a zaɓi Tinubu, yaudara ce

No evidence viral video shows Zamfara residents fleeing bandit attack, recent

Old video of abducted Kano Police Academy official reshared as recent