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Fact checks

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Explainers

2025: Four ridiculous claims on coups in West Africa 

Phillip Anjorin · 63 views · Jan 7, 2026

2025: Four ridiculous claims on coups in West Africa 
02
Explainers

Ibrahim Traore: Seven claims about Burkina Faso leader we fact-cheched in 2025

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo · 424 views · Jan 7, 2026

Ibrahim Traore: Seven claims about Burkina Faso leader we fact-cheched in 2025
03
Fact Check

Did Anthony Joshua retire from boxing, as social media users claim?

Cole Praise · 231 views · Jan 7, 2026

Did Anthony Joshua retire from boxing, as social media users claim?
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Fact Check

Facebook user’s claim Trump threatened Tinubu with arrest, unsubstantiated

Cole Praise · 207 views · Jan 7, 2026

Facebook user’s claim Trump threatened Tinubu with arrest, unsubstantiated
05
Fact Check

Broadcast alleging Turkey sponsors in Nigeria, not recent 

Miracle Akubuo · 95 views · Jan 6, 2026

Broadcast alleging Turkey sponsors in Nigeria, not recent 
06
Fact Check

No evidence ICC arrested Sheikh Gumi

Juliet Buna · 328 views · Jan 6, 2026

No evidence ICC arrested Sheikh Gumi
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Fact Check

False! Peller did not meet Lionel Messi, viral photo doctored

Sierra Leone · Usman Fambuleh · 489 views · Jan 6, 2026

False! Peller did not meet Lionel Messi, viral photo doctored
08
Explainers

Six AI-generated deepfakes that deceived Nigerians in 2025

Phillip Anjorin · 302 views · Jan 6, 2026

Six AI-generated deepfakes that deceived Nigerians in 2025
09
African Languages

Bidiyon Fulani na wasa da wani makamin da Amurka ta harbo, a jihar Sokoto ne?

Ukashatu Wakili · 96 views · Jan 6, 2026

Inda makamin Amurka ya faɗa a Jabo da ke Sokoto. Hakkin Mallaka: BBC Hausa
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African Languages

Da’awa hudu masu sarkakiya game da juyin  mulki a Afurka ta Yamma a 2025

Phillip Anjorin · 47 views · Jan 6, 2026

Da’awa hudu masu sarkakiya game da juyin  mulki a Afurka ta Yamma a 2025

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