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MISINFO ALERT: Viral video of clash between tricycle rider, our officers from 2020, says FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has described a viral video showing a tricycle rider confronting its officers in Benin…
Seven ways to detect an AI-generated video
A video announcing the launch of a free nationwide diabetes treatment recently went viral across Nigerian social media platforms. The clip…
BLIND SPOT: Nigeria’s shortcomings in the age of AI scams
It sounded exactly like her, but it was not. Adeola Fayehun was thousands of miles away in the United States…
The rise of deepfakes and the fight for digital truth
BY PRUDENCE OKEOGHENE EMUDIANUGHE On May 30, 2025, a 49-minute video surfaced on a YouTube channel named Bold Pan-African, seemingly…
MISINFO ALERT: Viral video of ‘foreign arms dealer’ in Zamfara is from 2021, says army
The Nigerian Army says a viral video claiming the arrest of a foreign arms dealer in Zamfara is misleading and…
Slurs, smears, slander… how gendered disinformation targets high-profile Nigerian women
In the early hours of April 15, 2025, armed men wielding firearms and cutlasses attacked Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan's residence in her…