Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), said during his presidential campaign rally in Enugu state on January 11, that Nigeria does not have lithium or natural gas. In an attempt to convince the people of Enugu, that coal, which is found in the state will be used to improve their lives and generate electricity, Tinubu said it is near-impossible to produce electric cars in Nigeria. “Wake up Africa, let’s use what we have, let’s turn our charcoal to money, let’s turn our gas to money. They say crude oil, the price is falling, yes whatever...
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FACT CHECK: Did Bola Ahmed Tinubu Blame the All Progressive Congress Chieftains for Election Results in Lagos state?
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Does Nigeria Have About 190k Polling Units?
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Report of Training of Hakimai and Ardo on Peacebuilding & Conflict Resolution in Kaduna State
Report of Training of Hakimai and Ardo on Peacebuilding & Conflict Resolution in Kaduna State
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Online Operations: Nigeria’s 2023 Social Media Election Campaigns
The number of active social media users in Nigeria has risen from 27 million, in 2019, to 36 million ahead of the 2023 elections. But given the challenge of prevailing misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, and the way such disinformation can permeate into the media more generally1, greater access to online information does not necessarily create more informed citizens. In fact, in Nigeria, it has confused the citizenry while entrenching pre-existing divides based on ethnicity and religion especially as mal-information, a deliberate sharing of genuine information with an intent to cause harm thrives in this election. Ahead of...