In this week’s newsletter, the Centre for Democracy Development (CDD) examines the impact of disinformation on Africa’s democracy. With the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, many questions with regards to what will be the fate of digital rights and human rights have been raised. For instance, many have wondered the level of influence the proliferation …
Attacks launched by Boko Haram and other extremist and self-defence groups in northern Nigeria has claimed over 30,000 lives in the last decade. The rise of the Boko Haram insurgency has also led to the destruction of communities, resulting in gross human rights violations, mass atrocities, disappearance and forced displacement. Restoring peace and rebuilding the …
Gaskiyar Magana: Karya Ne! Tushen Magana: Akwai wata sanarwa da ake yadawa a kafafen sada zumunta na zamani da suka hada da manhajar WhatsApp da ke cewa Shugaban kasar Amurka, Joe Biden ya bada umarnin daukar yan Najeriya aiki ta hanyar yanar gizo tare da basu takardar izinin zama a kasar ta Amurka. Sanarwar wadda …
VERDICT: FALSE CLAIM: A news report published by Principia Scientific in December 2020, claimed that US billionaire Bill Gates was caught on camera admitting that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine ‘he’ is developing will permanently alter human genetic makeup – DNA. The video has been seen by thousands of viewers and shared widely online. Principia Scientific …
VERDICT: Fake and Scam CLAIM: A document circulating on social media including WhatsApp has claimed that the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, has ordered the issuance of electronic work (e-work) and residence permits for Nigerians. The claim contained in a press statement purported to have emanated from the US Citizenship and …
Read more “Joe Biden Never Ordered US Immigration To Issue E-Work, Residence Permit to Nigerians”
A mako na uku na watan Maris din shekara ta 2021, masu bin diddigin labarai dan gano sahihancin su na Cibiyar Bunkasa Demokaradiyya da Cigaba (CDD) sun bankado tare da binciko gaskiyar wasu labaran karya da aka wallafa a kafafen sada zumunta na zamani irin su Facebook, Twitter da manhajar WhatsApp. Ga labaran nan kamar yadda wannan mujalla …
Gaskiyar Magana: Karya Ne Tushen Magana: A ranar Alhamis, 18 ga watan Maris din shekara ta 2021, masu tantance sahihancin labarai dan gano sahihancin sun a Cibiyar Bunkasa Demokaradiyya da Cigaba (CDD) sun gano wani da ake yadawa ta manhajar WhatsApp. Labarin na cewa yanzu haka gwamnatin tarayya na bada tallafin N30,000 ga jama’a a …
Read more “Shin Gwamnatin Tarayya Na Bada Tallafin N30,000 a Zango Na Biyu Na Bullar Cutar Korona?”
By Ayisha Osori Until the late 1980s, Liberia’s constitution was the only one in Africa to provide clarity for presidential term limits. Without these limits, political succession was a major source of instability on the continent, with many countries dominated by a single leader who insisted on his – and it was always him – …
Disinformation and misinformation are currently being spread in such a manner that they both pose a global threat, causing unease and fear within societies and organisations. With our work at the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), we are committed to empowering people across the West African region with adequate knowledge that could help them …
Read more “CDD Newsletter For the Week Ending March 21, 2021”
A mako na biyu na watan Maris din shekara ta 2021, masu bin diddigin labarai dan gano sahihancin su na Cibiyar Bunkasa Demokaradiyya da Cigaba (CDD) sun bankado tare da binciko gaskiyar wasu labaran karya da aka wallafa a kafafen sada zumunta na zamani irin su Facebook, Twitter da manhajar WhatsApp. Ga labaran nan kamar yadda wannan mujalla …
PRESS STATEMENT March 21, 2021 Abuja • Calls for the Enactment of Electoral Offenses Commission and Speedy Prosecution of Culprits The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) is dismayed by the violent disruption of the conduct of Saturday, March 20, 2021 bye-election for the Ekiti East Constituency (1) of the State House of Assembly. …
Read more “CDD Condemns Killing of Three Voters at Ekiti State Assembly Bye-Election”
VERDICT: False CLAIM: On Thursday, March 18, 2020, fact-checkers at the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) spotted a WhatsApp broadcast claiming that there is an ongoing distribution of Coronavirus (COVID-19) survival fund program for the second wave of the pandemic. According to the broadcast, the program, an initiative of the Federal Government of Nigeria …
Read more “FACT-CHECK: Is Federal Government Giving Covid19 Second Wave survival Fund?”
Gaskiyar Al’amari: Akwai Rudani Cikin Labarin Tushen Magana: A ranar 15 ga watan Maris din shekara ta 2021, masu bin didddigin labarai dan gano sahihancin su Cibiyar Bunkasa Demokaradiyya da Cigaba (CDD) sun gano wani labari da majiyoyi da Punch da ABN suka wallafa, majiyoyin sunyi ikirarin cew Farfesa Chukwuma Okonjo, wato mahaifin daraktar hukumar …
Read more “Shin Ranar 15 ga Watan Maris, 2021 Mahaifin Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Ya Rasu?”
VERDICT: Misleading CLAIM: On March 15, 2021, fact-checkers at the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) spotted a claim published by multiple online sources including the Punch and ABN claiming that Professor Chukwuka Okonjo, the father of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, had just died. Also, the reports indicate …
Read more “FACT-CHECK: Did Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s Father Die on March 15, 2021?”
Gaskiyar Magana: Eh, Gaskiya Ne. Tushen Magana: A ranar Juma’a, 12 ga watant Maris din shekara ta 2021, masu bin diddigin labarai dan tantance sahihancin su na Cibiyar Bunkasa Demokaradiyya da Cigaba (CDD) sun gano wani labari da mai amfani da shafin Twitter mai lakabin @UncleAnass ya wallafa wani tsokaci day a bayyana cewa wani …
Read more “Shin Wani Kansila a Jahar Kano Ya Nada Mutane 18 a Matasyin Masu Taimaka Masa?”
The second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the mutation of the virus into various variants, and the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccination by several countries in Africa, including Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, and Ivory Coast has led to the spread of disinformation and conspiracy theories around the vaccines. According to medical experts, vaccination is the single …
Read more “CDD NEWSLETTER FOR THE WEEK ENDING MARCH 14, 2021”
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Cross River State, Barrister Tanko Ashang, on Monday, March 15, 2021, warned that the state has zero-tolerance for any form of corruption. Ashang while speaking at a three-day monitoring and evaluation capacity-building workshop for Anti-Corruption Agencies (ACAs) organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in Calabar, …
Read more “We have zero-tolerance for corruption in Cross River – Commissioner for Justice”
VERDICT: True CLAIM: On Friday, March 12, 2021, fact-checkers at the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) spotted a trending tweet that a Kano State Councillor had appointed 18 aides to work with him. The tweet shared by a Twitter user, @UncleAnass said the aides appointed by the councilor include Personal Assistant, Principal Private Secretary, …
Read more “FACT-CHECK: Did Kano Councilor Appoint 18 Aides?”
A ranar Alhamis, 4 ga watan Maris din shekara ta 2021, masu bin diddigin labarai dan tantance sahihancin su na Cibiyar Bunkasa Demokaradiyya da Cigaba (CDD) sun gano wata murya mai tsawon minti 9 da dakika 27 da aka nada kuma ake yadawa ta manhajar WhatsApp. Acikin muryar anyi dogon sharhi tare da sukar dakatar …
BACKGROUND In view of its quest for expansion, productivity and actualization of its strategic plan and Program objectives, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) is currently searching for competent, experienced, resourceful and proactive officers to join its team and fill the following positions Job Position: Communications and Information Technology (IT) Officer Industry type: NGO Job Location: Abuja. …
Read more “Vacancy: Communications and Information Technology (IT) Officer”