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Fact-Checking: Facebook User Shares Altered Image, Claims Two-Headed Man Arrived Nigeria
By Olufisoye Adenitan Onilogbo Hakeem Effect at AMCA Awards Image Source: Punch Claim: A Facebook user, Very Dark Man, has claimed that a two-headed man has arrived in Nigeria. Verdict: Misleading. Available findings showed that the image is an artistic work produced by Onilogbo Hakeem Effect for a movie scene in the Anikulapo series, Rise…
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FG Orders Twitter, Tik Tok, Others to Appoint Country Reps
The National Information Technology Development Agency has disclosed that interactive computer service platforms and Internet intermediaries are required to fulfill certain conditions in running their services in Nigeria. These conditions are stated in the recently released Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms/Internet Intermediaries (online platforms). This is according to a statement issued by…
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Reactions Trail Social Media Handles Breakdown
For millions of Social media networks, WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, the world came to standstill midday on Monday, 4th October, 2021. Users on the social media outlet could neither send nor receive information as outages hit the platforms. Downdetector, which tracks outages, said about ten million six hundred thousand people reported problems worldwide Some residents…
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Coronavirus: Ogun Launches Android App
The Ogun State Government has launched a mobile application to enhance information dissemination among health workers. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, who made this known at the Emergency Operation Committee held on Sunday in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, said the Android application was one of the measures to contain the Coronavirus incident. Dr Coker said that the…
