West Africa’s verification and fact-checking platform, Dubawa, has concluded plans to induct twenty-six (26) fellows into its 2021 cohort of fact-checkers to combat misinformation in the...
By Elfredah Kevin -Alerechi Claim: An email sent to an individual claiming to emanate from Guaranty Trust Bank directed individuals to click a URL and link...
By Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi The internet is over flooded with a lot of information which includes how to care for our health, the best medical practice that...
By Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi Claim: Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, has claimed that soldiers who attacked unarmed protesters used blank ammunition, and blank ammunition cannot do any damage...
By Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi Claim: Some Twitter users claim that holding the Nigerian flag by protesters will prevent soldiers from shooting them. Verdict: No Evidence. There is...
By Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi Claim: Some social media users are circulating a video of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, wherein he purportedly accused operatives of the Special...
By Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi Claim: Information circulating across WhatsApp groups claims that a free N4, 000 and 1000GB internet data is available for all Nigerians to stay...
By Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi A Facebook user in a video has claimed that sliced Okra soaked in water overnight can treat an ulcer. The video says okra...
NewsWireNGR Journalist, Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi has been selected for the 2020 Dubawa Fact-Checking Fellowship to tackle misinformation and hold political elites accountable for their words, action. And...
NewsWireNGR is pleased to announce that our Journalist and staff writer; Nelly Kalu has been accepted into the prestigious and highly competitive Dubawa Fact-Checking Fellowship. “I...
