By Joke Kujenya WITH NIGERIA’s 2027 general elections drawing closer, questions over public trust in the electoral process, political hate speech, election-related violence and meaningful participation are moving to the centre of attention, as fresh monitoring findings expose areas requiring urgent scrutiny. JKNewsMedia.com reports that findi...
By JKNewsMedia LIKE WE reported earlier, fact-checking organisations have consistently worked on political claims and manipulated information. This suggests that these two categories remain significant threats to the 2027 polls. As followers and supporters of political stakeholders, how often do you believe political statements? How do you sep...
By JKNewsMedia SINCE AUGUST 19, when we commenced our #TrackingNaija2027Elections initiative, information integrity has remained a key focus of the tracking. Our review of fact-checking organisations in Nigeria and across other African countries shows sustained efforts to sanitise the information ecosystem around the elections, using establis...
As public interest in the 2027 elections increases, our information-seeking behaviour tracking has further revealed that issues around INEC and the needs of voters occupy a strategic position in the public mind. Our analysis specifically establishes that people want to understand developments around the voters’ list, the recruitment exercise, ...
By JKNewsMedia IT IS not surprising that Nigerians are paying attention to the Independent National Electoral Commission ahead of the 2027 elections. Our analysts point out that this is closely connected to the expectation that the electoral body will remain a neutral umpire as political actors and their supporters continue communicating mixe...
By JKNewsMedia AS POLITICAL and institutional stakeholders communicate their goals and intentions about the 2027 elections, our tracking has also found that individuals, especially digitally savvy citizens and other nationals, are exploring digital platforms to gain more information about campaign and policy issues. While our previous tracking...
By JKNewsMedia AS WE advance our tracking of synthetic AI content creators and their influence ahead of the 2027 elections, we examined the relationship between creators’ follower and subscriber numbers and their production of synthetic AI content. Our analysis shows that creators with over 100,000 followers and subscribers produced significan...
By JKNewsMedia NÍNÚ ÌTẸ̀SÍWÁJÚ wa lórí dídá àwọn ọ̀nà àti ọ̀nà ìmòye ọgbọ́n àtọwọ́dá mọ̀ tí àwọn olùníláárí ń lò kí ìdìbò ọdún 2027 tó dé, a tún ti rí i pé nínú àwọn ọ̀ràn 25 tí a pín sí ipò AI.19 (76%) ni a ti fi idi rẹ̀ múlẹ̀ pé wọ́n ti ṣe AI, […]...
By Rotimi Odunaike LAGOS STATE governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Rotimi Odunaike, has declared that the quality of life of Lagos residents will be the central focus of his vision for the state, arguing that the success of governance should ultimately be measured by how people live, work, and move around the city. Speaking […]
By Joke Kujenya WHAT DOES it tells you when a particular person, institution or organisation is constantly targeted with synthetic AI images and videos? What implication does this have for your ability to assess the ability and capacity of the target to deliver value to you? These are the questions our analysts frequently considered as [&hell...
