Atinuke Seun-Ige
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Scammers use ailing teenagers’ pictures to defraud people – diverting needed help from family
Claim: There are some WhatsApp posts, Facebook accounts and Twitter handles claiming different names and bank accounts to photos of…
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Fact Check
Consuming ewedu will not cure COVID-19
Claim: There is a WhatsApp post claiming that ewedu leaves kill Coronavirus. The post, which is also on a website…
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Fact Check
Does consumption of coconut trigger cough?
Claim: Twitter users claim that eating coconut causes coughing. It is not true. Well processed and channeled coconut is even…
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Fact Check
Facebook account announcing loan purportedly from GTBank is scam
Claim: A Facebook Loan Service, claiming to be a Guaranty Trust Bank Facebook account, claims a url link for followers…
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Featured
COVID-19: Questions on reinfection answered
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, experts have grappled with the question of whether a patient who recovers from…
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Fact Check
Is it true Cervical Cancer screenings and treatments can cause infertility?
Claim: A viral WhatsApp message shows the fear some people have concerning Cervical Cancer screening becoming a cause of infertility.…
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Featured
New-Normal: Preparing for covid-19 mutation, second wave
During the few weeks of decline in Coronavirus infections a few months ago, there was an assumption that we had…
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Fact Check
Claims, myths hold that thunderstorms kill humans and animals unnaturally but how true?
CLAIM: Thunderstorm is often sent to destroy a person, animal, or thing unnaturally. It serves as vengeance or sanction for…
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Economy
Has South Korean candidate, Yoo Myung-hee, withdrawn from WTO DG race?
Claim: Media reports and social media users claimed that Minister Yoo Myung-hee has withdrawn from the WTO DG race. Minister…
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Education
ASUU has not suspended its 8-month strike as claimed in viral WhatsApp message
Claim: A WhatsApp post claims ASUU has suspended its strike action indefinitely The claim that ASUU has suspended its about…
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