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Four reasons you should reject fake news and how to identify it

    Four reasons you should reject fake news and how to identify it

First, let me say how liberating to be back to the life of a journalist. I will say more on this very soon. For now, I am burdened as a

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FACT CHECK: Photo of Obi visiting Tinubu alongside Dangote is photoshopped

    FACT CHECK: Photo of Obi visiting Tinubu alongside Dangote is photoshopped

A photograph showing Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), standing beside Bola Tinubu, president-elect, has gone viral on social media. In what appeared to be a courtesy

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FACT CHECK: Photos from R.Kelly ‘prison concert’ are AI-generated

    FACT CHECK: Photos from R.Kelly ‘prison concert’ are AI-generated

Photos from a prison concert reportedly organised by R. Kelly have gone viral on the internet. In the pictures which surfaced on Twitter on Tuesday, R. Kelly appeared to be

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FAKE NEWS ALERT: House attacked in viral video does NOT belong to INEC chairman

    FAKE NEWS ALERT: House attacked in viral video does NOT belong to INEC chairman

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the house attacked in a viral video does not belong to Mahmood Yakubu, its chairman. On Saturday, reports surfaced on social media alleging

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#NigeriaDecides2023: How TheCable tackled fake news and disinformation

  #NigeriaDecides2023: How TheCable tackled fake news and disinformation

The 2023 election was riddled with false claims targeted at swaying voters and altering reality as Nigerians went to the

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‘Fake news’ — INEC dismisses report of chairman planning to alter Abia election results

  ‘Fake news’ — INEC dismisses report of chairman planning to alter Abia election results

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked an online report accusing Mahmood Yakubu, its chairman, of attempting to distort

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Cybercrimes unit now mandated to fish out purveyors of misinformation, says Lagos CP

  Cybercrimes unit now mandated to fish out purveyors of misinformation, says Lagos CP

Idowu Owohunwa, Lagos state commissioner of police, says the purveyors of misinformation aimed at inciting people to cause unrest within

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FAKE NEWS ALERT: Tomisin Ogunnubi, Nigerian teenager, did not win $1bn for tech app

  FAKE NEWS ALERT: Tomisin Ogunnubi, Nigerian teenager, did not win $1bn for tech app

Many reports have claimed that Tomisin Ogunnubi, a 16-year-old Nigerian tech wiz, beat 49,000 competitors to win $1 billion from

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Hate messaging: A plea for restraint and sensitivity

  Hate messaging: A plea for restraint and sensitivity

Journalism ethics enjoins, and common sense upholds, the need for balance in information handling, conscious of the power and reach

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FAKE NEWS ALERT: EU did not author viral statement seeking nullification of Tinubu’s victory

  FAKE NEWS ALERT: EU did not author viral statement seeking nullification of Tinubu’s victory

A letter purportedly from the European Union (EU) challenging the credibility of the recently concluded presidential election in Nigeria is

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