Oluwaseye Ogunsanya The year 2023 is a very crucial one for Africa in terms of change of government via election as a total of 24 general, legislative and local elections would take place in the course of the year in Republics of Benin, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Libya, …
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Adetutu Sobowale In a bid to address the issue of information disorder during elections, a Nigeria-based fact-checking platform, FactCheckElection engaged journalists on an approach to tackling political misinformation as well as disinformation ahead of the country’s 2023 election. The hour-long discussion, which was one of the numerous engagements hosted by the organization in the …
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By Quadri Yahya Claim: A video of people rallying in a street with a burning broom on their hands has been circulating on social media claiming that it was a ‘procession’ by some supporters of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, during his visit to Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria. Verdict: The …
Michael Babatunde Claim Various posts are emerging on Twitter claiming that Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola and Minister of Internal Affairs who was the former Governor of the State, Rauf Aregbesola have joined forces for the forthcoming election in the state. Full Text A Twitter user, CBN Gov Akinsola Akin (@cbngov_akin1) twitted that Aregbesola …
