Nigeria parliament fooled by satire website’s frivolous claim on penis export to China
Silas Jonathan | April 3, 2021 A claim that recently went viral, suggesting that over 7,200 human penises were seized from a Nigerian cargo ship by Chinese... Read more.
The thin line between fact and humour: How satire contents mislead online users
Silas Jonathan | July 7, 2021 When online users from all around the world first came across this headline “Hollywood Actors Pledge Never To... Read more.
Fact-checking Multimedia contents: How to spot fake audio
Silas Jonathan | June 19, 2021 Misinformation and disinformation is as old as the existence of man. As much as I can remember, Thomas, one of Jesus’s disciples,... Read more.
Beware, not all online trends are driven by humans
Silas Jonathan | May 23, 2022 It is scary that not all trends on social media are authentic. While this fact may be unsettling, the last comments you made on... Read more.
Nigerian government, UNESCO, flag off Global Media and Information Literacy Week
Silas Jonathan | October 24, 2022 The Nigerian government has flagged off Global Media Literacy Week themed “Nurturing Trust: A Media and Information Literacy... Read more.
Information Ministry calls for youth involvement in media literacy policy-making
Silas Jonathan | October 27, 2023 The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture has stressed the need to inculcate the culture of trust through media literacy... Read more.
How to spot ‘fake news’ on TikTok and Twitter in a viral era
Joseph Omotayo | February 24, 2023 TikTok and Twitter have become influential social media platforms that share narratives in faster ways than could be imagined... Read more.
The rise of fake, parody accounts on Twitter and how to spot them
Joseph Omotayo | March 27, 2023 The use of parody accounts is a popular practice on social media, especially on Twitter. This happens when an account is created... Read more.
How Twitter user changed figures announced by INEC to spread fake news on Adamawa election
Kabir Yusuf | March 28, 2023 Using fake results online, social media users spread posts that the All Progressive Congress (APC) party candidate, Aishatu Dahiru,... Read more.
How Twitter parody account posing as Ibrahim Babangida misled many
Ikechukwu Oyemike | January 18, 2023 Past leaders under the military or democratic rule are major players in the electoral process in Nigeria. Different stakeholders... Read more.