Silas Jonathan | February 1, 2022 The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently announced the existence of a new high-risk, a critical and short messaging service-based malware named TangleBot. In a press […]
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Silas Jonathan | February 3, 2022 On facebook, there is a page, Organic Terrain, that is used by scammers to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. The scheme begins with
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Silas Jonathan | April 19, 2022 In March this year, Mr Emmanuel Benedict, went to the ATM to withdraw the sum of N30, 000 from his Zenith bank account. Customary
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Lademi Aborisade | November 9, 2023 Following the recent discovery and investigation of Twitter romance scammer Iriodalo Obhafuoso (Odalo), who has been accused of cajoling women into sending him money by claiming
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Silas Jonathan | June 13, 2023 The Sierra Leone election, scheduled for Saturday, June 24, 2023, is shaping up to be a highly competitive race with 13 candidates and political
Folarin Jamiu | August 22, 2020 Abstract Could stakeholders address the challenges associated with information disorder in Nigeria without understanding the complexities of the fact-checking landscape? This is the question
Raji Rasaki | August 26, 2020 Executive Summary There have been studies conducted on what exactly constitutes “fake news” and its variants. Researchers have looked into the Nigerian examples of
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Raheemat Adeniran | September 18, 2020 Summary On July 28, Nigerian social media space was flooded with several versions of a video of a woman, identified as Stella Immanuel, among
Phillip Acquaye | October 5, 2020 Abstract Using a focus group discussion, this study sought to understand how media audiences perceive information in the media environment in Ghana. The study
Introduction The impact of media technology on democracy is coming under increased scrutiny all over the world. New media’s disruption of an existing order that is characterized by the rise
