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Fact checks

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Fact Check

Did Sokoto court pass jail term, 12 strokes of cane on 18-year-old over government criticism?

Mohammed Taoheed · 140 views · Apr 15, 2025

Did Sokoto court pass jail term, 12 strokes of cane on 18-year-old over government criticism?
02
Fact Check

Viral WhatsApp video showing Islamic teacher scourging students to tears, misleading

Ukashatu Wakili · 399 views · Apr 15, 2025

Viral WhatsApp video showing Islamic teacher scourging students to tears, misleading
03
Fact Check

​​2021 ultimatum by Emir Abbas Tafida shared as new development

Rejoice Taddy · 190 views · Apr 15, 2025

​​2021 ultimatum by Emir Abbas Tafida shared as new development
04
Fact Check

False! The government has not paid $52,000 to Nigerian TikToker Jarvis

Sierra Leone · Usman Fambuleh · 740 views · Apr 15, 2025

Credit: Gistreel
05
Explainers

Nimba Decides2025: The candidates and the opinion polls during the campaign season

Liberia · Bettie Kemah Johnson-Mbayo · 137 views · Apr 15, 2025

Nimba Decides2025: The candidates and the opinion polls during the campaign season
06
Fact Check

Religious groups deny issuing viral statement in support of Koon

Liberia · Jackson C. Clay Jr. · 78 views · Apr 14, 2025

Rev. Dr Samuel Reeves, President of the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) Photo Source: Liberian Investigator
07
Fact Check

Round-Up: Fluoride-cancer link, alleged reprisal attacks on Igbos in Kano, others top false claims verified this week

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo · 76 views · Apr 13, 2025

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

Yadda ake amfani da harshen uwa da labaran karya a yada wasu bakin manufofi

Rejoice Taddy · 112 views · Apr 11, 2025

How local language disinformation is used to promote authoritarian foreign influence
09
News

DUBAWA wins Michael Elliot Award second consecutive year

Lois Ugbede · 219 views · Apr 10, 2025

DUBAWA wins Michael Elliot Award second consecutive year
10
Fact Check

UPDATED: Parody account of VDM shares image of farmer allegedly killed by Fulani herdsmen

Yunusa Umar · 192 views · Apr 9, 2025

Image of farmer allegedly killed by Fulani herdsmen shared by VDM, not recent

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