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Research: Analysis of Claims on #EndSARS Protest in Nigeria

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Research: Analysis of Claims on #EndSARS Protest in Nigeria

Dubawa December 14, 2020 0

By Folarin Jamiu What started as a peaceful protest that compelled President Muhammadu Buhari to respond to...

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Buhari’s Portrait Manipulated To Make Him Look Fatter ㅡ And It Misled Many

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Buhari’s Portrait Manipulated To Make Him Look Fatter ㅡ And It Misled Many

Kunle Adebajo December 9, 2020 0

Claim: Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, is dead and has been replaced in the statehouse with a lookalike:...

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Video Of Boko Haram Capturing Soldiers Not Recent

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Video Of Boko Haram Capturing Soldiers Not Recent

Kunle Adebajo December 9, 2020 0

Claim: Boko Haram released a video of its fighters capturing and beheading Nigerian soldiers. Misleading as the...

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Why Governors can’t borrow N17trn from pension fund

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Why Governors can’t borrow N17trn from pension fund

Francis Arinze Iloani December 9, 2020 1

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) recently disclosed that it had asked President Muhammadu Buhari to...

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Police chief’s claim that Nigeria Police is least corrupt agency false

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Police chief’s claim that Nigeria Police is least corrupt agency false

Ifedayo Ogunyemi December 8, 2020 0

CLAIM: Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said police is the least corrupt government...

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Viral quote claiming Lai Mohammed threatening the US, UK and the EU is fake

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Viral quote claiming Lai Mohammed threatening the US, UK and the EU is fake

Steve Dede December 8, 2020 0

Claim: A quote that Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, warned the United States, United Kingdom, and...

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Weapon import denial not reason Nigeria is at terrorists’ mercy

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Weapon import denial not reason Nigeria is at terrorists’ mercy

Francis Arinze Iloani December 8, 2020 0

Claim: The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, recently claimed that Nigeria has remained at the...

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Data shows Yahaya Bello lied that APC led Gov’t is securing Nigeria

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Data shows Yahaya Bello lied that APC led Gov’t is securing Nigeria

Samad Uthman December 8, 2020 0

“APC has come to stay. We are developing the country, the people are happy with our programmes,...

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Dubawa, others partner WHO to tackle COVID-19, other health misinformation

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Dubawa, others partner WHO to tackle COVID-19, other health misinformation

Lois Ugbede December 8, 2020 0

The World Health Organisation (WHO) launched its Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA) initiative on Thursday, December 3,...

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Network Analysis: How to find, trace voices behind the ‘noise’ on social media

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Network Analysis: How to find, trace voices behind the ‘noise’ on social media

Dubawa December 7, 2020 0

By Nelly Kalu In a digital open-source investigation, there is interest in the individuals or entities in...

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