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  • Arise News Pays N2m Fine for Fake News, Suspends Deputy Director

    Arise News Pays N2m Fine for Fake News, Suspends Deputy Director0

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    • November 15, 2022

    Arise TV has paid a two million naira fine imposed on it by the National Broadcasting Commission, (NBC) for spreading false information about the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The fine was imposed on the television network by the National Broadcasting Commission for violating sections of the broadcasting code.

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  • Journalists Boost Capacity for Conflict-Sensitive Reporting, Countering Fake News

    Journalists Boost Capacity for Conflict-Sensitive Reporting, Countering Fake News0

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    • November 14, 2022

    Determined to leave no stone unturned in readiness for the 2023 general elections, some journalists are in Lagos undergoing a two-day capacity building workshop on conflict-sensitive reporting and countering fake news. Organised by the Centre for Democracy Development (CDD) in partnership with the Nigeria Union of Journalists and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the

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  • Good Polls, Bad Polls and Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election

    Good Polls, Bad Polls and Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential Election0

    Do polls really count in elections in Nigeria? A couple of polls have been conducted since the countdown to the 2023 elections began earlier in the year. Ostensibly, the polls raised some dust as they tried to serve as guide to the 2023 presidential election. Did they succeed in tuning the mind of the voters

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  • INEC Not Investigating Any Presidential Candidate

    INEC Not Investigating Any Presidential Candidate0

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    • November 12, 2022

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described as untrue a purported letter from the Commission seeking clarifications from a foreign country information about one of the leading presidential candidates in the 2023 election. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye, on Saturday described as fake, a press statement purportedly

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  • Factcheckers to Take Centre Stage at Presidential Town Hall Meeting

    Factcheckers to Take Centre Stage at Presidential Town Hall Meeting0

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    • November 12, 2022

    To combat disinformation and lie-peddling during the coming general elections, the Nigeria FactCheckers’ Coalition (NFC), has promised to play prominent role and will be participating in the Presidential Town Hall meeting, organised by Arise Television on Sunday 13th, November 2022. The Coalition which comprises some news platforms and civil society organizations like Africa Check, Centre

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  • Female Journalists Want Gender Balance to Begin in the Newsrooms

    Female Journalists Want Gender Balance to Begin in the Newsrooms0

    The popular expression that “women rule the world” may not be widely embraced in Nigeria due to several factors including religious and cultural. Conversations are often about underrepresentation and lack of inclusivity for women in the electoral process; with declining numbers of women holding important political positions, a lot of people, including female journalists are

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