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Beyond The Headlines #2: Media Sensationalism In News Coverage

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Beyond The Headlines #2: Media Sensationalism In News Coverage

Adejumo Kabir February 21, 2019 0

While sensationalism is difficult to pin down because it means different things to different people, what is...

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Nigeria’s Vice President, Osinbajo, DID NOT Resign His Position

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Nigeria’s Vice President, Osinbajo, DID NOT Resign His Position

Adejumo Kabir February 21, 2019 1

CLAIM: A Twitter trend has started saying that the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has...

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Old Picture Used to Portray Buhari Arriving His Polling Unit After Election Postponement

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Old Picture Used to Portray Buhari Arriving His Polling Unit After Election Postponement

Adejumo Kabir February 20, 2019 0

CLAIM: A Facebook post on the “news platform” – Dailymail Gist – shows a picture that claims that...

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Looking Beyond The Headlines #1: Did The APC, In 2015, Promise To Equal One Dollar To One Naira?

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Looking Beyond The Headlines #1: Did The APC, In 2015, Promise To Equal One Dollar To One Naira?

Yusuf Akinpelu February 20, 2019 1

So we may be correct to ask: if sacrificing undue traffic for telling the truth would avert...

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Did Nigeria Get More Foreign Direct Investments Under PDP Than APC?

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Did Nigeria Get More Foreign Direct Investments Under PDP Than APC?

Yusuf Akinpelu February 14, 2019 0

PDP administration holds the record of securing the highest FDI earnings (in 2011). However, while it is...

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Fact or Fiction: Tips On How to Identify Fake Reports

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Fact or Fiction: Tips On How to Identify Fake Reports

Adejumo Kabir February 14, 2019 0

The election period is no doubt a period when everything online becomes ‘newsworthy’ and many gullible people...

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Did A Report Show That Buhari Would Win The Election?

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Did A Report Show That Buhari Would Win The Election?

Yusuf Akinpelu February 14, 2019 0

The President of Ballard Partners denies ever conducting a survey or publishing a report, and so does...

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Redeployment of Senior Police Officials Close to Elections Is Not A New Development

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Redeployment of Senior Police Officials Close to Elections Is Not A New Development

Ibraheem Alawode February 13, 2019 0

Shuffling and redeployment of senior police officers including Deputy Inspector Generals of Police, Assistant Inspector Generals of...

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General TY Danjuma DID NOT accuse President Buhari of Sponsoring Fulani Jihadists

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• Politics

General TY Danjuma DID NOT accuse President Buhari of Sponsoring Fulani Jihadists

Mark Amaza February 13, 2019 0

We tried to reach Gen. Danjuma but to no avail. However, the vagueness of the post and the...

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INEC Corrects Misinformation On Voting Pattern For 2019 General Elections

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INEC Corrects Misinformation On Voting Pattern For 2019 General Elections

Adejumo Kabir February 13, 2019 0

It’s 3 days to the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria; and as expected, the media space is...

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