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Facebook clip showing Seun Okinbaloye promoting crypto platform, manipulated

Miracle Akubuo April 29, 2025

Claim: A Facebook video shows Channels television host, Seun Okinbaloye, allegedly endorsing a cryptocurrency platform, Jau Crypto....

Must candidates be registered voters in constituencies they seek to represent? Image of NEC office, source: NEC website

Must candidates be registered voters in constituencies they seek to represent?

Prince E. Cooper April 28, 2025

Claim: A Facebook user has alleged that a candidate vying for election must be a registered voter...

False! University of Liberia’s budget has not increased to $35 million Photo of Senator Abraham Darius Dillon and UL Logo/Source: @Facebook/Abe Darius Dillon & UL

False! University of Liberia’s budget has not increased to $35 million

Prince E. Cooper April 28, 2025

Claim: Abraham Darius Dillon, Montserrado County Senator and Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, has...

Facebook claim Liverpool’s right-back, Alexander-Arnold, becomes guardian to abandoned baby, false

Cole Praise April 28, 2025

Claim: A Facebook user claims Liverpool’s right-back, Alexander-Arnold, becomes the guardian of an abandoned baby after the...

Bundles in Air: Are Nigerians outsmarting EFCC’s crackdown on Naira abuse?

Sunday Awosoro April 28, 2025

What is a Nigerian party without dancing to Segun Johnson’s “Ṣo ma ná’wó yẹn tán” and spraying...

Viral Facebook image unconnected to recent Plateau crisis

Sunday Awosoro April 28, 2025

Claim: Fulani herders have razed the biggest yam market in Plateau. Verdict: Although the circulating image was...

#Next-of-Kin Saga: The legal position of inheritance in Nigeria

Mohammed Taoheed April 28, 2025

Full Text Recently, Nigerian billionaire Obinna Iyiegbu, also known as Obi Cubana, made a social media post...

Facebook video showing rituals involving Pope Francis, misleading

Juliet Buna April 28, 2025

Claim: Facebook user Redlindis Ne claims the late Pope Francis was supported in performing his burial rituals....

Da’awa: Rabi’u Kwankwaso na NNPP ya yi ganawar sirri da jigon APC Wamakko kan komawa jam’iyyar. Hukunci: Yaudara ce. Bincike Dubawa ya gano cewa Wamakko bai gana da Kwankwaso ba, tsohon hoto ne da aka yi 2020 ake yadawa. Cikakken Bayani Ana ci gaba da rade-radin sauya shekar madugun siyasar Kwankwasiya kuma tsohon dan takarar shugaban kasa karkashin jam’iyyar NNPP a zaben 2023, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, zuwa jam’iyyar APC mai mulkin Najeriya, lamarin da jam’iyyar APC ta ce abin farin ciki ne. Sai dai bangaren NNPP sun bayyana cewa jigon nasu, kuma tsohon gwamnan jihar Kano bai da nufin zuwa jam’iyyar ta APC, kamar yadda shugaban jam’iyyar na jiha Hashimu Dungurawa ya bayyana. Duk da haka wasu rahotanni na cewa ana ci gaba da tattaunawa ta karkashin kasa domin komawar Kwankwaso zuwa jam’iyyar ta APC. Ana wannan sai wani labarin ya karade shafukan sada zumunta cewa, Sanata Aliyu Wamakko kuma makusancin Shugaba Bola Tinubu ya yi wata ganawar sirri da Kwankwano da kuma wanda ya yi wa Peter Obi takarar mataimakin shugaban kasa karkashin jam’iyyar LP Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. Wani shafin Facebook na NNPP Kwankwasiyya ya yi da’awar cewa wannan ganawar an yi ta ne a gidan Sanata Wamakko dake Asokoro a Abuja. Zuwa ranar 25 ga watan Afrilun 2025, sama da mutum 50 ne suka yi sharhi akan labarin, inda mutum 56 suka yada shi. Daga cikin masu sharhin, wani Auwalu Sabiu Nafada ya ce “neman kamun kafa yaje” amma Mohammed Hamza cewa ya yi “wannan fa tsohon hotone tun ana covid”. Rudanin da mutane suka shiga akan wannan labarin ne ya sa DUBAWA yi bincike domin tabbatar da sahihancinsa. Tantancewa DUBAWA ta saka hoton a shafin neman hotuna na Google domin gano asalin wannan hoton da ake yada wa. Mun gano cewa hoton an fara wallafa shi ne a ranar Talata 15 ga watan Satumban 2020, a shafin Facebook na Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso. Kwankwaso wanda ke tare da Yusuf Datti da Wamakko a cikin hoton, ya wallafa cewa ya kai “ziyarar ta'aziyya zuwa ga iyalan Sanata Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko bisa rasuwar diyarsu, Sadiya Wamakko”. Shima Sanata Wamakko ya wallafa wani hoton a shafinsa na Facebook wannan ranar, inda yake sanar da cewa ya karbi bakuncin Kwankwaso wanda ya zo domin yi masa ta’aziyya. Hakam mun tuntubi mataimaki na musamman ga Sanata Wamakko akan yada labarai, Bashar Abubakar ya shaida min cewa labarin ganawar sirri tsakanin jagororin ba gaskiya ba ne. “Lalle ba gaskiya ne ba. Mun gode” in ji A Karshe Yaudara ce, Kwankwaso bai ganawar sirri da Wamakko ba a kwanan nan.

Zancen ganawar Sanata Wamakko da Kwankwaso da Yusuf Datti, ba gaskiya ne ba!

Ukashatu Wakili April 27, 2025

Da’awa: Rabi’u Kwankwaso na NNPP ya yi ganawar sirri da jigon APC Wamakko kan komawa jam’iyyar. Hukunci:...

Round-Up: Ali Ndume in Senate, Juju musician’s death hoax, others, top claims we fact-checked this week Round-Up: Top trending fact-checks by DUBAWA this week

Round-Up: Top trending fact-checks by DUBAWA this week

Round-Up: Ali Ndume in Senate, Juju musician’s death hoax, others, top claims we fact-checked this week

Sunday Awosoro April 27, 2025

As misinformation works round the clock, so do fact checkers. In another week of monitoring and addressing...

Dubawa

Facebook clip showing Seun Okinbaloye promoting crypto platform, manipulated

Must candidates be registered voters in constituencies they seek to represent?

False! University of Liberia’s budget has not increased to $35 million

Facebook claim Liverpool’s right-back, Alexander-Arnold, becomes guardian to abandoned baby, false

Bundles in Air: Are Nigerians outsmarting EFCC’s crackdown on Naira abuse?

Viral Facebook image unconnected to recent Plateau crisis

#Next-of-Kin Saga: The legal position of inheritance in Nigeria

Facebook video showing rituals involving Pope Francis, misleading

Zancen ganawar Sanata Wamakko da Kwankwaso da Yusuf Datti, ba gaskiya ne ba!

Round-Up: Ali Ndume in Senate, Juju musician’s death hoax, others, top claims we fact-checked this week

Economy

False! Sierra Leone journalist Sheku Muctarr Kamara, alive

No evidence Liberia’s ambassador to Nigeria has been recalled

Round-Up: Oyo kidnap claims, AI videos, top claims fact-checked last week

False! Viral video of Cristiano Ronaldo, Georgina Rodriguez at Kaaba, deepfake