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Education
COVID-19: At resumption, Nigerian universities pledged to keep students safe, how have they kept this promise?
Ten months after they were forced to go home from March 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic and a strike by…
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Fighting Misinformation on Twitter: Intricacies of Twitter’s latest pilot feature ‘Birdwatch’
The preponderant influx of misinformation on social media and its injurious effects on audiences have been a prominent drive for…
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What is the correct way to wear a medical mask?
Claim: A picture being shared on WhatsApp shows the correct way to wear a medical mask when sick and when…
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Six major misinformation subjects Nigerian fact-checkers battled in 2020
Fake news has gradually evolved to settle as a force that can’t be completely ruled out so long there is…
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What you need to know about new COVID-19 health protection regulation signed by Buhari
On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari signed a new law titled Coronavirus Disease Health Protection Regulation 2021. This…
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COVID-19: Questions on reinfection answered
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, experts have grappled with the question of whether a patient who recovers from…
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Six major misinformation subjects Nigerian fact-checkers battled in 2020
Fake news has gradually evolved to settle as a force that can’t be completely ruled out so long there is…
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Fact Check
How true is the claim that €500,000 COVID-19 fraud was traced to Nigeria by Interpol?
CLAIM: News reports by Kakaaki News, Sahara Reporters, Punch, and some other media outlets have it that €500,000 COVID-19 fraud…
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Dubawa, others partner WHO to tackle COVID-19, other health misinformation
The World Health Organisation (WHO) launched its Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA) initiative on Thursday, December 3, 2020. The launch…
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New-Normal: Preparing for covid-19 mutation, second wave
During the few weeks of decline in Coronavirus infections a few months ago, there was an assumption that we had…
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