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Misinfo Alert: Claim on Edun’s Proposal of N105,000 as Minimum Wage, False
By Mohamed Taoheed Claim The presidency has proposed N105,000 today as the new national minimum wage to President Bola Tinubu…
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Unveiling MyAIFactChecker, the Digital Tool Sorting Facts from Fiction in Africa
By: Abdulhakeem Abdulkareem With over 600 million internet users in Africa, the potential for misinformation in affecting informed decisions seems…
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Fact-Check: Did FG Spend N814 Billion on the New National Anthem?
By: Oluwaseye Ogunsanya Claim An X user posted a claim attributing it to the Honourable Minister of Budget, Atiku Bagudu…
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Analysis: Here Are Where Things Stand In South Africa’s 2024 Polls
By: Ibraheem Muhammad Mustapha As South Africa is at the peak of its May 29 elections, FactCheckAfrica has resolved to…
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Did EFF Leader Malema Surrender to South Africa’s President Ramaphosa, As Posited by an X User
By: Ibrahim Muhammad MustaphaClaim A Twitter user asserted that Julius Sello Malema, the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF),…
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FALSE! Draft Bill on Regional Government Not From National Assembly
By Habeeb Adisa Claim A regional model of government for Nigeria expected to take effect before October 1, 2024, following…
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UNCOVERED: Bot Accounts, the Shadowy Purveyors of Misinformation on Social Media
By Oluwaseye Ogunsanya In recent years, there has been an inevitable rift of information pollution on social media as digital…
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South Africa Goes To the Polls to Elect New Leader: Essential Things You Need to Know
By: Ibraheem Muhammad Mustapha This famously is the year of elections — with around 40% of humanity having the chance…
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The Troubling Trend of Misinformation from Nigeria’s Government Officials
BY: Mustapha Lawal & Oluwaseye Ogunsanya 1 year later, the Tinubu administration still struggles with effective public communication. Two conflicting…
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FactCheck: Again, Old Video Falsely Used to Depict Forced Migration In Zamfara State
By: Mustapha Lawal Claim Residents of Zurmi LGA, Zamfara State migrate en masse to unknown destinations to escape Nigeria’s age-long…
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