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2022: Three Key Areas To Expect Misinformation in Nigeria

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2022: Three Key Areas To Expect Misinformation in Nigeria

Silas Jonathan January 11, 2022 0

For most fact-checkers, 2021 is not a year to forget so quickly. It was the year they...

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How telecoms shutdown in Zamfara state is fuelling misinformation

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How telecoms shutdown in Zamfara state is fuelling misinformation

Shola Ilesanmi September 20, 2021 0

On September 3, 2021, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) directed all telecommunications providers to shut down services...

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Soldiers did not kill Farakwai youth as widely claimed by Nigerian media

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Soldiers did not kill Farakwai youth as widely claimed by Nigerian media

Aisha Ali, Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle August 25, 2021 0

Claim: Nigeria’s Guardian Newspaper, Sahara Reporters, Opera News and other local media claim that soldiers killed and...

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How To Approach Fake News Amidst Insecurity

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How To Approach Fake News Amidst Insecurity

Funmilola Afolabi June 22, 2021 0

Imagine waking up to the news that the president is dead! That would probably be shocking news...

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Obasanjo’s ‘recent’ open letter to Buhari not new

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Obasanjo’s ‘recent’ open letter to Buhari not new

Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle June 20, 2021 0

Claim: Nigeria’s Daily Post newspaper, on June 13, 2021 published a news story which claimed that former...

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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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Did Abdulwahab, an ex-Boko Haram insurgent, say he killed many Christians?

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Did Abdulwahab, an ex-Boko Haram insurgent, say he killed many Christians?

Adedayo Adelowo August 6, 2020 1

An online news medium “ecocitynews” on August 2, 2020 published a story in which a Boko Haram...

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Did the Presidency Win the War Against Boko Haram?

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Did the Presidency Win the War Against Boko Haram?

Temilade Onilede February 10, 2020 0

President Buhari said his Government has succeeded in winning the war against Boko Haram terrorists. Evidence from...

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Did Femi Adesina Compare Bombs To Beheading?

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Did Femi Adesina Compare Bombs To Beheading?

Temilade Onilede January 30, 2020 1

Facebook page attributed shocking insensitive statements to Femi Adesina. The inciting and insensitive remarks did not come...

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