Author Archives: FactsMatterNG

Award-winning Nigerian journalist Hannah Ajakaiye is on a mission to fight misinformation and its harmful impact across Africa. Ajakaiye is currently a Knight Fellow with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), where she leads fact-checking projects and initiatives, with a focus on combating misinformation in Nigeria…

In the leadup to Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election in February, award-winning journalist Hannah Ajakaiye led efforts to fight the vast amounts of electoral mis- and disinformation circulating online. Ajakaiye, who is an ICFJ Knight Fellow and the head of FactsMatterNG, an initiative promoting media literacy and information integrity in Nigeria, fact-checked falsely attributed quotes and …

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Relieving the empowering moments from our recent fact-checking workshop! New knowledge was gained, skills were honed and truth triumphed!

THE United States Consulate in Lagos has emphasized the importance of factual information in strengthening Nigeria’s democracy and public institutions.This call was made by its Public Affairs Officer, Joseph Kruzich, during a fact-check workshop organised by FactsMatterNG, in Lagos on Thursday, June 1, 2023…

The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships will welcome seven international  journalism leaders, including Hannah Ajakaiye, founder of FactsMatterNG to Stanford University to be part of the JSK Class of 2023-24.  Beginning in September, these JSK Fellows will pursue a range of innovative ideas that seek to champion press freedom in a world where journalists and …

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Local fact-checkers in Nigeria banded together ahead of the February 25 ballot to combat the deluge of disinformation circulating online about leading candidates and the electoral process…

In this edition we spoke to Hannah Ajakaiye of FactsMatterNG – a fact checking initiative created in the year 2020 as a project of the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) Knight fellowship programme…

There is need to fight fake news from all fronts to protect the works of genuine, hardworking journalists, a panel of experienced journalists has said…

A group of high-profile digital influencers will collaborate with newsrooms and fact-checking organizations in Nigeria to combat misinformation around Covid-19 and other critical issues, it was announced today…

NIGERIA’s former Minister of Education, Dr Mrs Obi Ezekwesili, Wednesday disclosed the need to consider motivating purveyors of factual information through incentives to discourage the spread of fake news…