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Cure Myths and False Ratings Lead COVID-19 Fact-Checks in Nigeria, With Governments as Most Targeted Entities

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Cure Myths and False Ratings Lead COVID-19 Fact-Checks in Nigeria, With Governments as Most Targeted Entities

Raheemat Adeniran October 12, 2020 0

Executive Summary In this piece, we examined 203 coronavirus-related fact-checks published by Dubawa and Africa Check since...

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Okonjo Iweala not appointed WTO DG yet

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Okonjo Iweala not appointed WTO DG yet

Qosim Suleiman October 9, 2020 0

An online medium ObserverTimes posted a story on its website that claims a former Nigerian Minister of...

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Fact-Checking Atiku’s Claims on Nigeria’s Foreign Debt, GDP Growth Between 1999 and 2007

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Fact-Checking Atiku’s Claims on Nigeria’s Foreign Debt, GDP Growth Between 1999 and 2007

Nurudeen Lawal October 9, 2020 0

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, claimed Nigeria paid off her external debt between 1999 and 2007. Mr....

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Fact-Checking Guide: Brief on Media Organisations on the Frontline of Combating Information Disorder in Nigeria

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Fact-Checking Guide: Brief on Media Organisations on the Frontline of Combating Information Disorder in Nigeria

Folarin Jamiu October 8, 2020 0

Introduction The first part of this research has documented the literature around information disorder in order to...

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Did President Buhari sign a new Police bill to allow officers arrest without a warrant? Yes!

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Did President Buhari sign a new Police bill to allow officers arrest without a warrant? Yes!

Benedicta Akpede October 6, 2020 0

A Twitter user claims that President Buhari has signed a new police bill that grants police officers...

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League Of COVID-19 skeptics: Trump’s positive result completes the quorum

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League Of COVID-19 skeptics: Trump’s positive result completes the quorum

Silas Jonathan October 5, 2020 0

The world woke up on Friday 2nd October 2020 to the biggest news of the Covid era...

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Nigeria@60: A fight for the supremacy of facts

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Nigeria@60: A fight for the supremacy of facts

Dubawa October 5, 2020 0

True or false? It’s rarely that simple, in politics, business, media, and even everyday life.

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

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

Lateef Sanni October 2, 2020 1

It is safe to say most people born into a Nigerian home are born into a thousand...

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

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

Alao Abiodun October 2, 2020 0

Of recent, many notable personalities and political figures around the world go about their respective public functions...

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Are prices of food items ‘coming down’ as claimed by Garba Shehu?

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Are prices of food items ‘coming down’ as claimed by Garba Shehu?

Samad Uthman September 30, 2020 0

Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant for Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, claimed on Friday,...

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