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Round-Up: Sokoto killing, Messi’s Public holiday, other top claims fact-checked this week
False! Terrorists did not kill 100 in Sokoto, as Facebook user claimed
INVESTIGATION: Information gap leaves Nigerian consumers without clear GMO labelling on TELA maize (Part 2)
False! Viral video of Netherlands minister apologising to Sierra Leonean government, AI-generated
IMPACT
Facebook, Instagram users delete blasphemy post after DUBAWA’s fact-check
False! Liberia’s Minister did not admit Lewis Brown walked out against Israel
DUBAWA In-depth
View all → INVESTIGATION: Information gap leaves Nigerian consumers without clear GMO labelling on TELA maize (Part 2)
INVESTIGATION: Regulatory non-compliance, illicit financial flows and ballooning Gambia’s real estate market
INVESTIGATION: What are Nigerians eating? Tracing TELA maize from farms to dinner tables
INVESTIGATION: Civilian Deaths, Injuries and other Untold Stories of the Shiroro Airstrike
How TikTok creators use Yorùbá to evade censorship, push erotic content to users
Inside Sierra Leone’s WhatsApp takeover scam where hackers deploy AI, exploit trust to defraud victims
Facebook Checks
View all → False! Terrorists did not kill 100 in Sokoto, as Facebook user claimed
False! Viral video of Netherlands minister apologising to Sierra Leonean government, AI-generated
Video of soldiers interrogating man, unrelated to Nigeria
False! INEC chairman did not welcome Tinubu from Europe
Did Argentina declare October 6 public holiday for Messi’s final match?
Misleading! Kandeh Yumkella didn’t move from SLPP to APC
False! No woman was recently killed in Niger for blasphemy
False! CDC did not inherit US$100 million in international reserve
Misleading! Food insecurity in Liberia not 80%
False! Vaseline, lemon mixture does not clear sunburn
False! Rice prices above $13 during Weah’s administration
False! Morgan Freeman not dead
This week's round-up
Archive →Health fact checks
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DUBAWA Round-Up: Man City’s sanction, UNICEF’s prediction, other claims fact-checked
False! Vaseline, lemon mixture does not clear sunburn
Examining claim Cesarean section causes infertility
False! Waterleaf mixture does not cure low sperm count
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month: What you need to know about this childhood disease
