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POLITICS

How Full Fact’s AI Tools Will Help Tackle 2023 Nigeria Election Misinformation

How Full Fact's AI Tools Will Help Tackle 2023 Nigeria Election Misinformation

Full Fact, a UK-based charity which tackles misinformation through fact-checking and campaigns, is partnering with organisations dedicated to promoting credibility in information during the upcoming general election in Nigeria on February 25, 2023. Collaborating with International Fact Checking Network (IFCN) members Africa Check, Dubawa, and FactCheckHub, Full Fact will expand …

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Russian Crisis: World’s Largest Plane Destroyed in Ukraine

Russian Crisis: World’s Largest Plane Destroyed In Ukraine

The largest plane in the world – Ukraine’s Antonov-225 cargo plane – was destroyed by Russian strikes outside Kyiv on the fourth day of Moscow’s invasion, Ukraine’s state-owned Ukroboronprom group said Sunday. “Russian invaders destroyed the flagship of the Ukrainian aviation, the AN-225” at the Antonov airport in Gostomel near …

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South-West Leads In Voter Registration, North Takes Back Seat

South-West Leads In Voter Registration, North Takes Back Seat

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it received 542,576 online applications in the first two weeks of the resumption of its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), which commenced on June 28, 2020. INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the announcement at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC), yesterday, in …

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How Nigeria can Enjoy an Effective Digitized Electoral System – Jega Lists Factors

How Nigeria can Enjoy an Effective Digitized Electoral System - Jega Lists Factors

The former chairman, Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has said that development in critical sectors such as infrastructure, software and associated support infrastructure are vital Nigeria to enjoy effective digitized electoral system. Jega maintained that there are innumerable challenges facing the country which need to be solved tackled …

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LASG to Digitize Court Proceedings from October

LASG to Digitize Court Proceedings from October

In its bid to ensure speedy dispensation of Justice in Lagos, the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration is set to commence the digitisation of court proceedings in the State. Speaking at the first virtual Bar-Bench Forum Y2021 held recently, the Lagos State Attorney-General/Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) noted that …

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BREAKING: Buhari Sacks Service Chiefs, Appoints New Ones

BREAKING: Buhari Sacks Service Chiefs, Appoints New Ones

The President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has replaced the service chiefs in the country with immediate effect. Special Adviser On Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. The outgoing service chiefs are General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin (Chief of Defence Staff); Lt. Gen. …

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EndSARS: Adamu Garba Threatens to Sue Twitter CEO

A former presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba, Thursday threatened to sue Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey for supporting the #EndSARS protest.   Adamu in a Tweet said if the protest continues to evolve into disorder explained that Jack’s tweet calling for support against disbanded SARS was …

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