Lateef Sanni
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Explainers
Ewedu as a ‘one-size-fits-all’ herbal remedy
Since the novel coronavirus hit Nigeria February 2021, there has been an abundance of information regarding how the virus spreads…
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Fact Check
Website deceives readers with fake testimony of N500,000 grant
CLAIM: A WhatsApp Message claims UBA and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are giving out a 500,000 Naira grant.…
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Education
COVID-19: At resumption, Nigerian universities pledged to keep students safe, how have they kept this promise?
Ten months after they were forced to go home from March 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic and a strike by…
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Fact Check
This picture of cows eating tomatoes is not from Nigeria
Claim: Facebook post inferred that Picture of cows eating tomatoes was taken in Nigeria. False. According to results from Google…
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Featured
Dubawa sends forth 2020 fact-checking fellows
Nigeria’s independent fact-checking platform, Dubawa, will on Friday graduate fellows in its 2020 cohort. The fellowship would wind down in…
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Fact Check
How true is claim Nigeria has second highest paternity fraud rate in the world?
Claim: Nigeria has the second highest paternity fraud rate in the world at 30% Verdict: The claim that Nigeria is…
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Featured
Six major misinformation subjects Nigerian fact-checkers battled in 2020
Fake news has gradually evolved to settle as a force that can’t be completely ruled out so long there is…
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Fact Check
#EndSARS: Video used to portray Obasanjo running away from Nigeria
Claim: Twitter user, @Skygirl_Angie, published a video with the claim that Obasanjo is running out of the country to escape…
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Fact Check
Attacks on Lagos communities executed by hoodlums not protesters
Claim: viral video has claimed that protesters are involved in attacks in Ebute Metta communities in Lagos. False Full Text…
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Article
Frivolous post claims being ex-convict is requirement to join SARS
“#WarOnSars is a very big issue ooo. Imagine having ex-convicts as criteria for joining the force 🤦♂️ 🤦♂️ 🤦♂️🤦♂️. Little…
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