Covid-19

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...

Special ‘COVID Vaccine’ Not Made To Experiment On Africans

Kunle Adebajo January 18, 2021

Claim: Remdesivir has been restricted to vaccinate people in African countries in order to experiment on them...

Recirculated WhatsApp message makes spurious claims about COVID-19 – all false

Lois Ugbede January 14, 2021

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims the Italian Ministry of Health has discovered that COIVD-19 is not...

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Phishing link claims the WHO is giving out 500 Euros support

Lois Ugbede January 5, 2021

CLAIM: A viral WhatsApp message link claims the WHO is giving out 500 Euros support. FALSE. The...

Doubting Covid-19 Data: An Analysis of Comments on NCDC Daily Tweets on Rising New Confirmed Cases

Raheemat Adeniran January 5, 2021

Summary With the recent hike in the number of new covid-19 infections, there are concerns about a...

What you need to know about the new, deadlier variant of COVID-19 now found in Nigeria COVID-19-Wave-2

What you need to know about the new, deadlier variant of COVID-19 now found in Nigeria

Lois Ugbede December 24, 2020

Nigeria, like the United Kingdom (UK) and other European countries is currently experiencing a new surge in...

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

Lois Ugbede December 8, 2020

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

How true is the claim that moderna vaccine is 100% effective against severe COVID-19?

Lois Ugbede December 5, 2020

Claim: A Twitter post claims Moderna vaccine has 100% effectiveness against severe coronavirus infection. True. While the...

New-Normal: Preparing for covid-19 mutation, second wave coronavirus_2019

New-Normal: Preparing for covid-19 mutation, second wave

Atinuke Seun-Ige December 3, 2020

During the few weeks of decline in Coronavirus infections a few months ago, there was an assumption...

NEW MEDIA AND THE RISE OF INFORMATION DISORDER IN SIERRA LEONE information diorder

NEW MEDIA AND THE RISE OF INFORMATION DISORDER IN SIERRA LEONE

Alie Tarawally November 30, 2020

INTRODUCTION The Sierra Leone media landscape has witnessed a series of changes over the years with increase...

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

Special ‘COVID Vaccine’ Not Made To Experiment On Africans

Recirculated WhatsApp message makes spurious claims about COVID-19 – all false

Phishing link claims the WHO is giving out 500 Euros support

Doubting Covid-19 Data: An Analysis of Comments on NCDC Daily Tweets on Rising New Confirmed Cases

What you need to know about the new, deadlier variant of COVID-19 now found in Nigeria

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

How true is the claim that moderna vaccine is 100% effective against severe COVID-19?

New-Normal: Preparing for covid-19 mutation, second wave

NEW MEDIA AND THE RISE OF INFORMATION DISORDER IN SIERRA LEONE

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Viral video of “persecuted Christians” in Nigeria, misleading

FALSE! Ivory Coast’s president did not comment on Nigeria’s security

Viral ‘missile-like’ light seen in Sokoto, Kebbi, likely meteor activity

Video of terrorists flogging Christians, misleading