Centre for Crisis Communication: Unveiling 101 Fake News on EndSARS

PRNigeria, the news publication, published and unveiled a book which detects and exposes fake news in Nigeria.

Summary

During the largest mass movement of youths protesting against police harassment and brutality with hashtag #EndSARS in 2020, Fake News was widely used as the instrument of propaganda to escalate violent attacks during the demonstration by proponents and opponents of the protest.

A year after in 2021, Using traditional investigative journalism techniques and fact-checking tools, PRNigeria publishes and unveil a book "101 Fake News on EndSARS" which detects and exposes many fake news used during the EndSARS to mislead the public.

The book is an explosive piece of investigative journalism and a beautifully-laid piece of literature that...

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