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President Bio commissioned a new terminal, not a new airport

President Bio commissioned a new terminal, not a new airport

Foday Moriba Conteh March 28, 2023

CLAIM: The President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio, has commissioned a brand New Freetown International Airport...

Karya! Adadin da aka bayar na yawan kararrakin kashe aure a Abuja cikin watan Janairun 2023 ba dai-dai ba ne FALSE! Divorce cases filed in FCT in January 2023, not 4,000 as claimed in viral tweet

FALSE! Divorce cases filed in FCT in January 2023, not 4,000 as claimed in viral tweet

Karya! Adadin da aka bayar na yawan kararrakin kashe aure a Abuja cikin watan Janairun 2023 ba dai-dai ba ne

Christiana Amodu-Otinyia March 28, 2023

Zargi: Wani mai amfani da Twitter ya wallafa labarin da ke zargin wai ma’aurata 4,000 suka bukaci...

DUBAWA to train over 500 journalists in West Africa with Google News Initiative support

Dubawa March 27, 2023

DUBAWA is set to train newsrooms in West Africa on digital journalism, verification, and fact-checking skills in...

The rise of fake, parody accounts on Twitter and how to spot them Twitter_Logo

The rise of fake, parody accounts on Twitter and how to spot them

Joseph Omotayo March 27, 2023

The use of parody accounts is a popular practice on social media, especially on Twitter. This happens...

Misleading to suggest Weah increased Armed Forces of Liberia budget by US$4 million in 2022 fiscal year

Gloria Wleh March 23, 2023

Claim: The Ministry of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism (MICAT) claimed that “President George Weah increased the...

Liberia’s student politics and the government of the day

Jackson C. Clay Jr. March 23, 2023

Like any other opposition political party, the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) benefited from the actions...

Assessing Weah’s claim to fame as “Feminist-in-Chief” and the cry of women in Liberia

Dubawa March 23, 2023

In October 2018, Liberian leader George Weah declared himself “Liberia’s Feminist-in-Chief.” By that declaration, the Executive Mansion...

Nigeria 2023 census: All you need to know and why it matters

Christiana Amodu-Otinyia March 23, 2023

Full Text Nigeria dubbed the world’s most populous black nation, is set to conduct a population census...

DUBAWA launches Community Verification/Fact-checking Service with IFCN, Meta support Spread the fact flyer

DUBAWA launches Community Verification/Fact-checking Service with IFCN, Meta support

Dubawa March 22, 2023

DUBAWA, a fact-checking arm of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), has launched a community...

False! No evidence to support ritualistic claim against CDC Chairman in Charloe’s murder

Varney Dukuly March 22, 2023

Claim: The family of Justice Gloria Musu-Scott, in a recent statement, quotes the ruling party Chairman Mulbah...

Dubawa

President Bio commissioned a new terminal, not a new airport

Karya! Adadin da aka bayar na yawan kararrakin kashe aure a Abuja cikin watan Janairun 2023 ba dai-dai ba ne

DUBAWA to train over 500 journalists in West Africa with Google News Initiative support

The rise of fake, parody accounts on Twitter and how to spot them

Misleading to suggest Weah increased Armed Forces of Liberia budget by US$4 million in 2022 fiscal year

Liberia’s student politics and the government of the day

Assessing Weah’s claim to fame as “Feminist-in-Chief” and the cry of women in Liberia

Nigeria 2023 census: All you need to know and why it matters

DUBAWA launches Community Verification/Fact-checking Service with IFCN, Meta support

False! No evidence to support ritualistic claim against CDC Chairman in Charloe’s murder

Economy

From State House to Storm Centre: Njie, Jallow battle over power, loyalty and press freedom

Sahara Reporters used old video to represent recent terrorist attack in Yobe

Viral claim of Bai Koroma’s death, fake

Viral post claiming Sierra Leone has electric public trains, misleading