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Fact checks

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Fact Check

Terrorists slain in viral video, not Fulani insurgents

Cole Praise · 143 views · Feb 22, 2024

Terrorists slain in viral video, not Fulani insurgents
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Facebook Checks

Misleading! Nigerian doctor did not invent hypertension cure

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo · 286 views · Feb 21, 2024

Misleading! Nigerian doctor did not invent hypertension cure
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Facebook Checks

False! The University of Liberia has not changed free tuition policy

Liberia · Jackson C. Clay Jr. · 444 views · Feb 21, 2024

False! The University of Liberia has not changed free tuition policy
04
Facebook Checks

Old images depicting seizure of weapons from Nigerian police, false

Sunday Awosoro · 115 views · Feb 21, 2024

Photos claiming vigilantes’ success in Kwara is of Nigerian Army's operation in Borno
05
Facebook Checks

TRUE! Kerry Washington married to Nigerian man 

Lademi Aborisade · 252 views · Feb 21, 2024

TRUE! Kerry Washington married to Nigerian man
06
Fact Check

False! Viral helicopter crash footage, photo unrelated to incident involving Wigwe

Cole Praise · 179 views · Feb 19, 2024

False! Viral helicopter crash footage, photo unrelated to incident involving Wigwe
07
Fact Check

Irọ́ o! Ṣúgà nìkan kọ́ ló ma ń fa ẹ̀jẹ̀ ríru

Sunday Awosoro · 105 views · Feb 19, 2024

Misleading! Nigerian doctor did not invent hypertension cure
08
Article

Object-wearing goalkeeper in viral image not Ivory Coast’s Fofana in AFCON  final

Sierra Leone · Mohamed Jaward Nyallay · 321 views · Feb 18, 2024

Object-wearing goalkeeper in viral image not Ivory Coast’s Fofana in AFCON  final
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Facebook Checks

Claims rapper M.I getting his first one million views, FALSE

Sierra Leone · Mohamed Jaward Nyallay · 145 views · Feb 18, 2024

Claims rapper M.I getting his first one million views, FALSE
10
Economy

False! Pictures of Ghana’s roads used to represent The Gambia

The Gambia · Dawda Baldeh · 118 views · Feb 18, 2024

False! Pictures of Ghana’s roads used to represent The Gambia

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