In a decisive move to combat fake news in Nigeria, the Action Against Fake News Network, has formed a mass mobilization and sensitization programme to strengthen Nigeria’s democracy.
For a stronger impact, the project has been planned to go round the 36 states of the federation.
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Misinformation and disinformation, popularly known as ‘fake news’ have assumed a disturbing dimension in recent times. Its damaging implications cut across every fiber of a people’s communal life; from politics to religion, from business to social life.
A 2020 survey by the Nigerian media monitoring organization, Media Monitoring Africa, found that – 71% of Nigerians believed fake news was a major problem, – 64% reported encountering fake news daily.
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In October this year, Niger State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps arrested a suspect, Nura Yerima, for circulating fake News against an officer of the Command on Social Media.
The suspect, admitted to…