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Did the newly elected Chairman of ECOWAS warn the Government of Sierra Leone against sending ‘the country into another senseless Civil War’?

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Did the newly elected Chairman of ECOWAS warn the Government of Sierra Leone against sending ‘the country into another senseless Civil War’?

Alie Tarawally September 29, 2020 0

Social media platforms in Sierra Leone have seen the circulation of an unusual newspaper named Daily Graphic...

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Explainer: This is how Nigeria became one of the top 10 rated nations in ease of doing business

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Explainer: This is how Nigeria became one of the top 10 rated nations in ease of doing business

Arit Effanga September 29, 2020 0

The Federal Government, through its Twitter handle, recently claimed that the world bank currently rates Nigeria as...

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Evaluating the claim that Nigeria performed poorly in SDGs in the past five years

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Evaluating the claim that Nigeria performed poorly in SDGs in the past five years

Arit Effanga September 29, 2020 0

Mr. Michael Ale, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Development Nigeria said at a forum organised by...

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How true are claims by UI professors vying to become next VC of the premier university?

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How true are claims by UI professors vying to become next VC of the premier university?

Ifedayo Ogunyemi September 29, 2020 0

THE CLAIMS  UI currently ranks among 400-500 higher education institutions in the world and 1st in Africa. ...

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A ticklish website offers freebies for people to stay home, then invades users’ privacy

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A ticklish website offers freebies for people to stay home, then invades users’ privacy

Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi September 29, 2020 0

Information circulating across WhatsApp groups claims that a free N4, 000 and 1000GB internet data is available...

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What is phishing and how can you protect yourself from phishing attacks?

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What is phishing and how can you protect yourself from phishing attacks?

Qosim Suleiman September 28, 2020 0

Phishing is a cybercrime in which targets are contacted by email, telephone, or text message by someone...

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Four simple Ways of Fact Checking Without Using the Internet

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Four simple Ways of Fact Checking Without Using the Internet

Michelle Agoh September 28, 2020 0

In this digital age, fact checking has been made very easy with the features of the internet....

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Twitter user claims Obasanjo inherited $3bn in foreign reserve but how true is this?

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Twitter user claims Obasanjo inherited $3bn in foreign reserve but how true is this?

Nelly Kalu September 28, 2020 0

A twitter user, Chijioke, claimed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo inherited $3bn and left $54bn in foreign...

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These Are Not Pictures Of IPOB News Studio In South Africa

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These Are Not Pictures Of IPOB News Studio In South Africa

Kunle Adebajo September 28, 2020 0

Two pictures were recently shared on Twitter claiming to show a news studio belonging to the Indigenous...

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Impact of Fact-Checking Training on the Nigerian Journalists to mitigate the spread of mis/disinformation

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Impact of Fact-Checking Training on the Nigerian Journalists to mitigate the spread of mis/disinformation

Dubawa September 28, 2020 0

By Raji Rasaki A study by Cheruiyot et al. (2018) observes that literature on fact-checking in Africa...

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