All posts tagged "nigeria"
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Featured
/ 4 weeks agoFact-Checking Researchers’ Contributions to the Literature of Information Disorder Ecosystem in Nigeria: The Dubawa Example
13 mins read Abstract Experts have decried the dearth of evidence-based research around the information disorder ecosystem in Nigeria. As fact-checking...
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Media Literacy
/ 2 months agoTwitter wants you to open links before retweeting; how will this help in containing the fake news in Nigeria?
3 mins read Since they took heat for allegedly enabling malicious actors in 2016 US Elections, Facebook and Twitter are doing...
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Fact Check
/ 2 months agoFact-checking claims Nigeria is second most terrorised country, global poverty capital
5 mins read Claim: Farooq Kperogi, an associate professor of journalism, claimed in a tweet that “Nigeria is d 2nd most...
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Fact Check
/ 2 months agoIs Nigeria Country With Most Christians Killed For Their Faith?
4 mins read ‘Kunle Adebajo Claim: Nigeria is ranked the number one country according to the population of people killed because...
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Analysis
/ 2 months agoThe Place of Satire in Nigerian journalism
4 mins read Satire is a genre of literature usually written with humour to ridicule or make fun of vices in...
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Economy
/ 2 months agoEXPLAINER: What to know about Nigeria’s recession and how it affects you
3 mins read At a time of economic difficulties, the Nigerian government has imposed an array of high taxes and charges...
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Article
/ 3 months ago#EndSARS: Voting with stern voices, young people in Nigeria expel a dreaded police unit
6 mins read Recently, the hashtag #EndSARS, and related others calling for an end to police brutality in Nigeria became a...
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Economy
/ 3 months agoZamfara gold deposit belongs to federal government, not state
4 mins read A twitter user claimed that gold deposits in Zamfara State belong to Zamfara State while Niger Delta oil...
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Featured
/ 3 months agoCure Myths and False Ratings Lead COVID-19 Fact-Checks in Nigeria, With Governments as Most Targeted Entities
11 mins read Executive Summary In this piece, we examined 203 coronavirus-related fact-checks published by Dubawa and Africa Check since the...
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Mainstream
/ 3 months agoResearch: Media Organisations on the Frontline of Combating Information Disorder in Nigeria
7 mins read By Folarin Jamiu In August, Dubawa published the first part of a two-series research paper that essentially documents...
