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Panellists Harps on the Need For Digital Discipline at KASU Fact-Checking and Digital Rights Youth Conference
By Oluwaseye Ogunsanya The panellists at the Fact-checking and Digital Rights Youth Conference held at the Kaduna State University (KASU)…
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FakeNewsAlert: X Users Recirculate Old CBN Circular Banning Use of Dollar For Transactions in Domestic Market
By Oluwaseye Ogunsanya Claim Multiple users on X share a CBN circular which bans the use of Dollar for transactions…
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Misleading! The National Bureau of Statistics is not currently recruiting
By Dauda Musbau Claim A certain website with the link: https://recruitmentfile.net/nbs-recruitment/ claims that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) will soon commence…
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Democracy Faces Biggest Threat in 2024 as AI-Powered Disinformation Thrives
By Oluwaseye Ogunsanya “Experts fear 2024 could be the year a viral undetectable deepfake has a catastrophic impact on an…
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Is this picture in circulation about an Explosion in Abuja?
By Prudence Emudianughe Claim In tweets of random images making rounds, certain handlers claimed that an Explosion had occured around…
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Analysis: Nigeria’s Security Agencies Are Victims of Misinformation!
By Quadri Yahya More than nine thousand X users engaged with Shehu Gazali Sadiq (@ShehuSky)’s post claiming that ‘no terrorist is…
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FactCheckAfrica Takes Fact-Checking and Digital Rights Youth Conference to KASU
By Oluwaseye Ogunsanya FactCheckAfrica, the media arm of Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI) on Tuesday continued its tour of…
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Misinformation’s Hold on Climate Change: A Wake-Up Call for Africa in the Shadows of Established Democracies
By Muhammad Mustapha Ibraheem In the ever-evolving landscape of global information dissemination, misinformation has emerged as a formidable adversary, capable…
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Social Media Smarts: Being a Responsible Digital Citizen
By Sunday Taiwo In an era where the gap between the digital world and the real world shrinks every day,…
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A Video About Onana’s Return to Man United is Misleading!
By Dauda Musbau Claim An online blogger claims that the Cameroon-born Manchester United goalkeeper, Andre Onana has returned to his…
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