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Dubawa March 29, 2021 0

A weekly newsletter that takes a closer look at the aspects of truth and falsehood in today’s...

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Website deceives readers with fake testimony of N500,000 grant

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Website deceives readers with fake testimony of N500,000 grant

Lateef Sanni March 29, 2021 1

CLAIM: A WhatsApp Message claims UBA and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) are giving out a...

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Is it true Nigeria’s Customs Service has not recruited in the past 17 years?

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Is it true Nigeria’s Customs Service has not recruited in the past 17 years?

Lois Ugbede March 26, 2021 0

Claim: A report from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), picked by some media outlets,  claims the Controller...

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NAFDAC did not declare AstraZeneca ‘no side effects’ vaccine

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NAFDAC did not declare AstraZeneca ‘no side effects’ vaccine

Lois Ugbede March 25, 2021 0

Claim: A report from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported by Cable Nigeria claims that NAFDAC...

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COVID-19: At resumption, Nigerian universities pledged to keep students safe, how have they kept this promise?

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COVID-19: At resumption, Nigerian universities pledged to keep students safe, how have they kept this promise?

Silas Jonathan, Lois Ugbede, Lateef Sanni March 24, 2021 0

Ten months after they were forced to go home from March 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic and...

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Nigeria Defence Academy did not stop recruitment of female cadets as claimed in Twitter post

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Nigeria Defence Academy did not stop recruitment of female cadets as claimed in Twitter post

Uchenna Igwe March 23, 2021 0

Claim: A Twitter user, DEMAGOGUE PhD (@von_Bismack), posted a tweet claiming that the Nigerian government has cancelled...

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Kanye West Is Not The Richest Black Man In America

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Kanye West Is Not The Richest Black Man In America

Alie Tarawally March 23, 2021 0

Claim: Several social media posts and screenshots have been seen circulating with the Claim that American Rapper...

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Trump to return to social media with own platform

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Trump to return to social media with own platform

Lois Ugbede March 22, 2021 0

The former President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, is planning to return to social media...

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Fact-checking viral claim Assistant Commissioner of Police was arrested for kidnapping

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Fact-checking viral claim Assistant Commissioner of Police was arrested for kidnapping

Uchenna Igwe March 18, 2021 0

CLAIM: a Twitter user (@SDiaso) shared a picture claiming that an Assistant Commissioner of Police was arrested...

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Fact Checks of the Week

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Fact Checks of the Week

Dubawa March 15, 2021 0

Purported CNN bulletin photo claiming vaccinated COVID-19 patients eat other patients in hospital is fabricated Following the...

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