Search Results for: Mustapha Lawal
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How Disinformation Shaped Cameroon’s 2025 Election & its Aftermath
BY: Mustapha Lawal When President Paul Biya signed the decree fixing Cameroon’s presidential election for October 12, 2025, it set…
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When a Screenshot Becomes a Verdict: How WhatsApp’s New “Reshare” Feature Fuels Misinformation
BY: Mustapha Lawal On Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025, a young woman took to X (formerly Twitter) to share what she…
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FactCheckAfrica Empowers Youth and Journalists in Ibadan on AI for Civic Engagement and Accountability
As part of its Digital Democracy Lab initiative under the Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF) Catalyst Grant, FactCheckAfrica has trained…
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FACT-CHECK: No Evidence Links INEC Chair Nominee Joash Amupitan to Tinubu’s 2023 Election Petition Legal Team
BY: Mustapha Lawal Claim:Multiple social media posts claim that Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN), the newly nominated Chairman of Nigeria’s…
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FACT-CHECK: Students Must Submit Final-year Project Before NYSC, But No Evidence of New Uniform ”Khaki” Policy
By Mustapha Lawal Claim: A viral Facebook post, also circulating across several WhatsApp groups, claims that students must now submit…
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Disinformation, Geopolitics, and the Gendered Battle for Truth: Day Two at the Africa Facts Summit 2025
As conversations around fact-checking deepened on the second day of the Africa Facts Summit 2025 in Dakar, Senegal, the themes…
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FACT-CHECK: Old Photo of 2020 Boko Haram Attack Falsely Shared as September 2025 Christian Massacre in Nigeria
BY: Mustapha Lawal Claim: A Twitter user posted a picture on September 28, 2025, with the caption: “Yesterday, 64 Christians…
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Africa Facts Summit 2025: Fact-Checking’s Future, Funding Crises, and New Frontiers Mark Day One
Mustapha Lawal reports from Dakar The Africa Facts Summit 2025 opened on October 1 in Dakar, Senegal, gathering more than…
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Africa Facts Summit 2025 Opens in Dakar With a Call for Stronger Action Against Disinformation
By Mustapha Lawal, reporting from Dakar The fourth edition of the Africa Facts Summit opened on Wednesday, October 1, 2025,…
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