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Event Time Announcer - AI Spotlight Series: Reporting on AI Intensive (English-French)
Event Time Announcer shows time for AI Spotlight Series: Reporting on AI Intensive (English-French) in locations all over the world. In New York it happens on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 8:00:00 am.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Pulitzer Center - Call for Applications: AI Spotlight Series Reporting on AI Intensive [Dec. 8-10, 2025]
Thank for your interest to the AI Spotlight Series. Welcome to the Track 2: Reporting on AI Intensive application page.
This three-day course, taught by Lam Thuy Vo and Gabriel Geiger, is designed to ...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Learn to:
🔍 Investigate bias & misinformation
⚙️ Understand AI’s supply chain
📰 Craft stronger accountability stories
🔍 Investigate bias & misinformation
⚙️ Understand AI’s supply chain
📰 Craft stronger accountability stories
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Learn to:
🔍 Investigate bias & misinformation
⚙️ Understand AI’s supply chain
📰 Craft stronger accountability stories
🔍 Investigate bias & misinformation
⚙️ Understand AI’s supply chain
📰 Craft stronger accountability stories
Check your local time for the session here: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
Event Time Announcer - AI Spotlight Series: Reporting on AI Intensive (English-French)
Event Time Announcer shows time for AI Spotlight Series: Reporting on AI Intensive (English-French) in locations all over the world. In New York it happens on Monday, December 8, 2025 at 8:00:00 am.
www.timeanddate.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Check your local time for the session here: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
Apply by 27 Nov 👉 pulitzercenter.submittable.com/submit?guid=...
Pulitzer Center - Call for Applications: AI Spotlight Series Reporting on AI Intensive [Dec. 8-10, 2025]
Thank for your interest to the AI Spotlight Series. Welcome to the Track 2: Reporting on AI Intensive application page.
This three-day course, taught by Lam Thuy Vo and Gabriel Geiger, is designed to ...
pulitzercenter.submittable.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Apply by 27 Nov 👉 pulitzercenter.submittable.com/submit?guid=...
Learn to:
🔍 Investigate bias & misinformation
⚙️ Understand AI’s supply chain
📰 Craft stronger accountability stories
🔍 Investigate bias & misinformation
⚙️ Understand AI’s supply chain
📰 Craft stronger accountability stories
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Learn to:
🔍 Investigate bias & misinformation
⚙️ Understand AI’s supply chain
📰 Craft stronger accountability stories
🔍 Investigate bias & misinformation
⚙️ Understand AI’s supply chain
📰 Craft stronger accountability stories
Publishing or declaring a false election result carries a penalty of up to 36 months’ imprisonment. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
#AnambraGovernorship election: Offences that could land voters in trouble with the law
Nigeria’s 2022 electoral act includes a long list of prohibited actions. We break them down.
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Publishing or declaring a false election result carries a penalty of up to 36 months’ imprisonment. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
Within 300 metres of a polling unit, it’s illegal to:
- Carry weapons
- Wear party logos
- Use cars with party colours
- Make noise or provoke others
Fine: ₦100,000–₦500,000 or up to 12 months in jail. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
- Carry weapons
- Wear party logos
- Use cars with party colours
- Make noise or provoke others
Fine: ₦100,000–₦500,000 or up to 12 months in jail. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
#AnambraGovernorship election: Offences that could land voters in trouble with the law
Nigeria’s 2022 electoral act includes a long list of prohibited actions. We break them down.
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Within 300 metres of a polling unit, it’s illegal to:
- Carry weapons
- Wear party logos
- Use cars with party colours
- Make noise or provoke others
Fine: ₦100,000–₦500,000 or up to 12 months in jail. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
- Carry weapons
- Wear party logos
- Use cars with party colours
- Make noise or provoke others
Fine: ₦100,000–₦500,000 or up to 12 months in jail. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
While in the voting booth, it is illegal to talk to or disturb other voters. Violators may face a fine of up to N100,000, imprisonment for up to 3 months, or both. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
#AnambraGovernorship election: Offences that could land voters in trouble with the law
Nigeria’s 2022 electoral act includes a long list of prohibited actions. We break them down.
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
While in the voting booth, it is illegal to talk to or disturb other voters. Violators may face a fine of up to N100,000, imprisonment for up to 3 months, or both. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
Similarly, using another person’s voter card at a polling unit, or deliberately attempting to vote in a constituency where your name is not on the register, can attract a fine of ₦100,000, 6 months in prison, or both. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
#AnambraGovernorship election: Offences that could land voters in trouble with the law
Nigeria’s 2022 electoral act includes a long list of prohibited actions. We break them down.
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Similarly, using another person’s voter card at a polling unit, or deliberately attempting to vote in a constituency where your name is not on the register, can attract a fine of ₦100,000, 6 months in prison, or both. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
Attempting to vote without being qualified, or encouraging someone else to do the same, can result in a fine of up to N500,000, imprisonment for 12 months, or both. These penalties also apply to voting more than once or helping someone else to do so. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
#AnambraGovernorship election: Offences that could land voters in trouble with the law
Nigeria’s 2022 electoral act includes a long list of prohibited actions. We break them down.
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Attempting to vote without being qualified, or encouraging someone else to do the same, can result in a fine of up to N500,000, imprisonment for 12 months, or both. These penalties also apply to voting more than once or helping someone else to do so. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
Bribery – offering gifts, money or other benefits – to influence how someone votes, or have them abstain from voting, carries various fines, imprisonment lengths, or both. Those who encourage and accept bribery also face penalties. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
#AnambraGovernorship election: Offences that could land voters in trouble with the law
Nigeria’s 2022 electoral act includes a long list of prohibited actions. We break them down.
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Bribery – offering gifts, money or other benefits – to influence how someone votes, or have them abstain from voting, carries various fines, imprisonment lengths, or both. Those who encourage and accept bribery also face penalties. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
A permanent voter’s card is issued to people who have successfully registered to vote. But remember:
- Don’t share or sell it
- Don’t hold multiple cards
- Only INEC officials can handle them
Offenders may be fined up to ₦1 million, jailed for 12 months, or both. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
- Don’t share or sell it
- Don’t hold multiple cards
- Only INEC officials can handle them
Offenders may be fined up to ₦1 million, jailed for 12 months, or both. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
#AnambraGovernorship election: Offences that could land voters in trouble with the law
Nigeria’s 2022 electoral act includes a long list of prohibited actions. We break them down.
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A permanent voter’s card is issued to people who have successfully registered to vote. But remember:
- Don’t share or sell it
- Don’t hold multiple cards
- Only INEC officials can handle them
Offenders may be fined up to ₦1 million, jailed for 12 months, or both. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
- Don’t share or sell it
- Don’t hold multiple cards
- Only INEC officials can handle them
Offenders may be fined up to ₦1 million, jailed for 12 months, or both. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
Political meetings are important for promoting democracy in Nigeria’s multi-party system. But carrying a weapon or causing disorder at a political meeting = 🚔 fine up to ₦500,000, 12 months in prison or both. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
#AnambraGovernorship election: Offences that could land voters in trouble with the law
Nigeria’s 2022 electoral act includes a long list of prohibited actions. We break them down.
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Political meetings are important for promoting democracy in Nigeria’s multi-party system. But carrying a weapon or causing disorder at a political meeting = 🚔 fine up to ₦500,000, 12 months in prison or both. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
Making, importing or keeping ballot boxes, papers or voting booths without INEC’s approval is illegal.
💸 Fine: Up to ₦50 million
⛓️ Prison: At least 10 years africacheck.info/governor_ele...
💸 Fine: Up to ₦50 million
⛓️ Prison: At least 10 years africacheck.info/governor_ele...
#AnambraGovernorship election: Offences that could land voters in trouble with the law
Nigeria’s 2022 electoral act includes a long list of prohibited actions. We break them down.
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Making, importing or keeping ballot boxes, papers or voting booths without INEC’s approval is illegal.
💸 Fine: Up to ₦50 million
⛓️ Prison: At least 10 years africacheck.info/governor_ele...
💸 Fine: Up to ₦50 million
⛓️ Prison: At least 10 years africacheck.info/governor_ele...
If you’re wanting to run for governor, only eligible citizens (35+, Nigerian by birth, with school certificate) qualify. Faking nomination papers or running when ineligible can get you 2 years in prison. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
#AnambraGovernorship election: Offences that could land voters in trouble with the law
Nigeria’s 2022 electoral act includes a long list of prohibited actions. We break them down.
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
If you’re wanting to run for governor, only eligible citizens (35+, Nigerian by birth, with school certificate) qualify. Faking nomination papers or running when ineligible can get you 2 years in prison. africacheck.info/governor_ele...
Voter registration offences that could see you getting fined or land you in jail:
- Registering more than once
- Impersonating someone else
- Publishing false info to stop others registering
- Forging or destroying registration documents
africacheck.info/governor_ele...
- Registering more than once
- Impersonating someone else
- Publishing false info to stop others registering
- Forging or destroying registration documents
africacheck.info/governor_ele...
#AnambraGovernorship election: Offences that could land voters in trouble with the law
Nigeria’s 2022 electoral act includes a long list of prohibited actions. We break them down.
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Voter registration offences that could see you getting fined or land you in jail:
- Registering more than once
- Impersonating someone else
- Publishing false info to stop others registering
- Forging or destroying registration documents
africacheck.info/governor_ele...
- Registering more than once
- Impersonating someone else
- Publishing false info to stop others registering
- Forging or destroying registration documents
africacheck.info/governor_ele...
Tanzania’s health ministry even shared the real image of HIV to correct the misinformation: africacheck.info/hiv_microscope
Ignore photo claiming to be HIV under microscope – shows caterpillar, not virus!
A photo circulating on Facebook claims to show the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, magnified under an electronic microscope.The photo is ca...
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Tanzania’s health ministry even shared the real image of HIV to correct the misinformation: africacheck.info/hiv_microscope
Its resistance to medicine is due to genetic changes, especially when treatment isn’t taken correctly—not its shape.
Ignore photo claiming to be HIV under microscope – shows caterpillar, not virus!
A photo circulating on Facebook claims to show the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, magnified under an electronic microscope.The photo is ca...
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Its resistance to medicine is due to genetic changes, especially when treatment isn’t taken correctly—not its shape.
Reality check: The image actually shows a citheronia caterpillar. HIV is invisible to the naked eye and looks very different under a microscope—a tiny round particle with spike-like proteins and a cone-shaped core carrying its genetic material.
Ignore photo claiming to be HIV under microscope – shows caterpillar, not virus!
A photo circulating on Facebook claims to show the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, magnified under an electronic microscope.The photo is ca...
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Reality check: The image actually shows a citheronia caterpillar. HIV is invisible to the naked eye and looks very different under a microscope—a tiny round particle with spike-like proteins and a cone-shaped core carrying its genetic material.
A photo circulating on Facebook claims to show HIV magnified under an electron microscope, with the caption suggesting the virus resists medicine because of its “anatomy.”
Ignore photo claiming to be HIV under microscope – shows caterpillar, not virus!
A photo circulating on Facebook claims to show the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, magnified under an electronic microscope.The photo is ca...
africacheck.info
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
A photo circulating on Facebook claims to show HIV magnified under an electron microscope, with the caption suggesting the virus resists medicine because of its “anatomy.”