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Fact Check
“God is Allah in Arabic bible…a christian introduced Arabic to Naira notes…” – Are these claims by MURIC true? (1)
In January 2020, a Lagos based lawyer, Malcome Omirhobo, filed a suit before the Federal High Court against the Federal…
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Media Literacy
Five social media tools aiding journalists in crowd-sourcing, tackling misinformation
The practice of journalism as we know it today keeps evolving, traditional practices that held sway yesterday might not be…
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Economy
Establishment of Entrepreneurial Agency Claim by Akeredolu a Hoax
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, APC candidate, claims his administration established Ondo entrepreneurial agency. Full Text In the run up to the Ondo…
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Analysis
Blogger’s claim that Nigerian Police officers round up IPOB members is false
A Facebook blogger, IGBO NDI OMA TV, posted a video claiming that Nigerian police officers were going from house to…
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Analysis
True! Obaseki Introduced Edo State Health Insurance Scheme
Godwin Obaseki said he introduced the Edo state health insurance scheme to help with paying for health care. TRUE Full…
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Fake social media accounts use Trump as signifier for trash talk
A twitter post, reposted on the Facebook page RADIO BIAFRA LONDON, claims that President of the United States, Donald Trump,…
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Featured
APC bigwig, Joe Igbokwe, cuddles misinformation to buoy party image
An All Progressives Congress (APC) party leader, Joe Igbokwe, deploys varieties of cheering photographs on Facebook claiming they are that…
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Article
How broadcast journalists can fact-check claims during a live broadcast
Now more than ever, there is mounting pressure for constant fact-checking of media information owing to continued skepticism of the…
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Facebook Checks
FALSE: Muslims did not burn an Igbo boy alive for urinating close to a mosque in Kaduna
A Facebook user with the name Eya Oliver Uchenna, claims that an Igbo boy was burnt alive for urinating near…
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Mainstream
Did Nigeria’s 2012 abortion rate double the 1996 figure?
The Country Director of an international Non-governmental Organisation, Ipas Nigeria, Lucky Palmer, was quoted in a recent publication as claiming…
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