Israel Boboye

Monitoring, Evaluation Research and Learning @preston_int
Data Analyst, Population and Health Development

[Israel Boboye @heezrell]

@instablog9ja Hmmmm... EVERYBODY?????
That's sarcastic though

[Israel Boboye @heezrell]

@EBona69 Now we ask ourselves again why other politicians fail to see that actions speak louder than noise. It is well

Just get your PVC and vote based on actions and not noise.

#Nigeriawillbegreatagain

[DUBAWA FR @DubawaFR]

#Guinée
Clap de fin pour l’atelier de renforcement des capacités des journalistes dans la lutte contre la désinformation électorale en Guinée.
Pendant deux jours, 20 professionnels des médias ont été outillés pour mieux identifier, vérifier et contrer les infox à l’approche des élections du 31 mai 2026.

#PartiCiPGuinee #CJID #Factchecking #désinformation
#elections2026
@wanepguinee
@WANEP_Regional
@UEenguinee
@CJIDAfrica

[EU in Nigeria 🇪🇺🇳🇬 @EUinNigeria]

Together w/ our partners @CJIDAfrica, @WANEPNigeria & @AREWA24Channel we officially launched the joint program on "Countering Disinformation & Empowering Democracy in Northwestern Nigeria," an important step toward promoting resilience & informed public discourse. #SocialCohesion

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Today, CJID officially launched Countering Disinformation and Empowering Democracy in Northwestern Nigeria with support from the European Union.

The launch brought together government institutions, security actors, academia, media organisations, civil society groups, community leaders, and young people around one urgent reality: in fragile environments, disinformation goes beyond a media problem. It fuels fear, deepens mistrust, and can accelerate violence.

The 18-month intervention will focus on strengthening media literacy, fact-checking, OSINT, early-warning monitoring, community engagement, and local-language resilience initiatives across Northwestern Nigeria.🇳🇬

We are grateful to the @EUinNigeria for supporting this initiative, and @WANEP_Nigeria for their partnership!

#CounterDisinformation #EmpoweringDemocracy #MediaLiteracyNigeria

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Meet the first cohort of CJID’s Platform Accountability Reporting Fellowship, supported by Luminate.

For this inaugural cohort, we received over 950 applications and trained more than 60 journalists.

Today, we are excited to announce the 18 fellows selected from Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda who will be working on ambitious platform accountability stories examining how tech and AI companies make decisions that shape what Africans see, read, and believe — often with little accountability to African publics.

Over the coming months, these fellows will investigate:
🔹 The political economy behind algorithmic amplification,
🔹 Content moderation failures in African and local language contexts,
🔹 The labour conditions of African data workers,
🔹 And the governance systems shaping digital public life across the continent.

The goal is to support rigorous investigations that inform legal filings, regulatory reform, and policy debates on platform governance and tech accountability in Africa.

We are excited about the journey ahead and proud to support this new generation of reporters interrogating power in the digital age.

Congratulations to all the fellows!

#Fellowship #PlatformAccountability

[Press Attack Tracker Africa @PressAttackAfr]

PAT Expansion📢

Since 2017, CJID #PressAttackTracker (PAT) has documented attacks against journalists in Nigeria, with records dating back to 1986. It now includes data on attacks against journalists in additional West African countries.

Access it here: https://t.co/0WOmOUPcSi

[Akíntúndé Babátúndé @olorunwababs]

I have tried to stay out of this INEC issue but this INEC's statement asserting that the @joashamupitan account was never operated by Prof. Joash Amupitan and that the screenshots are fabricated, deserves a careful reading.

First, to be fair: impersonation of Nigerian public officials is real and common, and the pattern of fake social media accounts described is consistent with tactics we have seen before but the forensic argument does not carry the weight INEC places on it. At the confidence level the statement claims ( "beyond reasonable doubt," "physically impossible," "definitive proof") the reasoning should be airtight. It is not. Here are a few red flags 🚩 🚩.

1. The "impossible timestamp" claim overreaches. A 13-minute gap between an alleged reply and the original post has multiple ordinary explanations: device clock errors, timezone mismatches, edited posts, or basic image editing software. A credible forensic report rules these out one by one. This statement does not mention them. Citing AI and deepfakes without any pixel, metadata, or compression analysis is not forensics.

2. The Wayback Machine argument is methodologically wrong. Zero captures of @joashamupitan does not prove the account never existed. The Internet Archive does not systematically crawl personal X profiles. Absence of captures is the norm for most genuine accounts. Any practising OSINT researcher knows this.

3. The email/phone linkage tests cannot produce the conclusion drawn. Failed password recovery attempts on X prove only that X's anti-enumeration defences work as designed. Users can change or remove recovery contacts at any time. A negative result today says nothing about past ownership.

4. The OPay/BVN finding is deflected rather than explained. The statement admits the phone number 0803***4099 returns "Joash Ojo Amupitan" on BVN query, then pivots to saying a BVN record cannot establish social media ownership. That may be technically true, but it is not an answer. If the Chairman's verified phone number surfaces in connection with this account, what is the alternative explanation? None is offered.

5. The @sundayvibe00 handover is extraordinary and undocumented. A cybersecurity researcher acquiring the exact disputed handle on the exact day screenshots went viral, then issuing a disclaimer INEC now cites as evidence, requires documentation. Who is Coy Emerald? How was the handle reclaimed? When was the disclaimer posted? None of this is answered.

6. The "Parody" label is read in only one direction. Self-labelling as parody is at least as consistent with a real account holder retroactively shielding themselves after an embarrassing post went viral. Impersonators rarely volunteer a parody label because it weakens their deception.

7. The data breach evidence is dismissed selectively. The statement acknowledges breach datasets show Prof. Amupitan's identity connected to a Twitter account alongside Apple, LinkedIn, and Office 365, then argues this does not prove ownership of this specific handle. Fine. But it never asks the more obvious question: if he had some Twitter account per these records, which one was it?

8. The AI-fabrication framing is doing too much work. Experts call this the liar's dividend: as fabrication becomes easier, dismissing authentic content as fabricated also becomes easier. The statement invokes generative AI without showing a single AI artifact in the screenshots (no pixel anomaly, no compression inconsistency, no metadata finding). The burden of proof belongs to whoever makes the claim.

None of this settles whether the account was or was not Prof. Amupitan's. What settle is that this statement has not proven what it claims to have proven.

The forensic standard INEC applies to its own communications will set the tone for every disputed claim in the 2027 cycle. If the bar is this low now, it will be lower when the pressure is higher. Publish the report. Name the expert. Show the work.

[Dubawa @DubawaFacts]

"I will never have another child again. Childbirth damaged me permanently." For Faith, the joy of motherhood was eclipsed by the "husband stitch," an unapproved medical procedure done to make her "tighter" for her husband. Two years later, the physical and emotional pain hasn't stopped. We investigate the controversial practice putting Nigerian women’s safety second to male pleasure. Read the full investigation:
https://t.co/MUs5LUjDz8

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Ahead of the Presidential Elections in #Benin 🇧🇯, the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) is partnering with @wanep_benin to identify, track, and verify mis- and disinformation circulating across traditional media and social networks.

This collaboration further deepens our efforts to strengthen information integrity and democratic accountability in West Africa, support fact-based public discourse, and equip citizens with the accurate, timely insights needed to make informed decisions at the polls.

We will be live in the Electoral Situation Room from April 11 to 13, monitoring emerging narratives, debunking false claims, and contributing to a more transparent, peaceful, and credible electoral process.

Follow our Francophone fact-checking platform @DubawaFR and @wanep_benin for more updates!

[DUBAWA FR @DubawaFR]

#Benin
Lancement de la salle de situation électorale à l’occasion des élections présidentielles du 12 Avril 2026 au Bénin.
Avec l’appui des fact-checkers de @DubawaFR de @CJIDAfrica, cette initiative contribue à lutter contre la désinformation en période électorale.
#vote221 #Presidentielle2026

[Israel Boboye @heezrell]

@alat_ng 0246994390

[Israel Boboye @heezrell]

@alat_ng No update on the person that took money from the account that was not authorised, instead you are restricting my own account without notice or anything. Is this the way of doing things now

[Israel Boboye @heezrell]

@alat_ng This is really unfair @alat_ng on my acct. I made a complaint about a fraudulent transaction that I did not authorise, that has not even been solved, and the next thing is to restrict my account, under whose order? Please I need this fixed, how am I supposed to make transactions.

[Israel Boboye @heezrell]

@alat_ng Please help me, I'm really confused and don't know what to do about it. I have lost all my money inside my bank to a person I did not authorise transfer to 😭😭🙏🙏

[Israel Boboye @heezrell]

@alat_ng Good evening @alat_ng

Please i need help.
For about 48 hours, I was not able to access my ALAT account, without any form of information or upgrade. Then I came to Alat page X to lodge a complaint and I was told to click a link, which then took me to where I would input my login

[Israel Boboye @heezrell]

@alat_ng details. I was then given an OTP to insert. At the process of inserting, i got a debit alert and all my money was wiped out.

I have called customer care and they said they'll resolve it in 72 hours. This is more than 72 hours, and no reply yet

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

Call for Applications 📢

The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) is inviting journalists practising in Ghana, Nigeria, The Gambia, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso to apply for the SAIL+ (Soutien à l'information libre) programme.

If you are interested in strengthening your investigative and accountability reporting, this is an opportunity to learn, collaborate, and deepen your work.

🔗Apply here: https://t.co/KMqyMpmvth
📅Deadline: 15 March 2026

[Dubawa @DubawaFacts]

Are you a journalist or researcher in Zamfara, Sokoto, Niger, Kebbi, or Katsina interested in OSINT and fact-checking? Applications are now open for a 6-month research fellowship.

This six-month fellowship will equip journalists and researchers with advanced Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), fact-checking and conflict reporting skills.

Don't miss out! Click here to apply: https://t.co/hjjYvJaeiw

[Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development @CJIDAfrica]

It is essential to understand the rules governing Election Day 📌

Check out the cards for key information on prohibited actions and their penalties under the Electoral Act to stay informed and vote responsibly.

#FCTElections
#FCTDecides2026