Disinformation
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Is IPOB Using Christianity To Advance Its Cause?
The Claim: The presidency, on Sunday, June 7, accused the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) of using false claims to…
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Fact-check: Is Nigeria on the Verge of Losing 24 Local Governments To Cameroon?
Claim: A news report by a Nigerian newspaper stated that “By July 10 this year, Nigeria may lose 24 local…
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Analysis: Fact-check Label and the Future of Disinformation
On Tuesday, May 27, 2020, Twitter glued a fact-check label on a tweet from President Donald Trump. This came after…
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No Evidence that Shekau Received €5m Foreign Fund From an NGO
Claim A news report published on Opera News and circulating widely on WhatsApp claims that Abubakar Shekau’s faction of Boko…
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COVID-19: Contending With Clerics’ Web of Misinformation
There has never been a time in the history of pandemics that people have been as connected as they are…
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COVID-19: Not Man-Made, Not For Population Reduction
Claim: Fact-checkers at HumAngle came across a video of Mallam Bashir Ahmad Sani, a Sokoto-based Islamic cleric, claiming that coronavirus…
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FactCheck: Did Chad’s Army Kill Abubakar Shekau?
Claim: A voice note circulating on WhatsApp with pictures of a dead body claims that Shekau was killed in a…
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#COVID19: How Misinformation Threatens Public Safety In Northern Nigeria
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVID-19 pandemic is accompanied by “an overabundance of information – some accurate…
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