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Why Conspiracy Theories Can Be As Misleading As They Are Convincing

Kunle Adebajo January 25, 2021

The spread of the new coronavirus variant and the panic it has created have led to the...

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True! Disproportionate use of this ingredient in hair dye can make your head, face swell

Ifedayo Ogunyemi January 25, 2021

CLAIM 1: P-phenylenediamine (PPD) in hair dye causes head swelling. P-phenylenediamine causes irritation and head swelling. P-phenylenediamine...

Video claiming COVID-19 vaccines weaponised to depopulate the world, eliminate Africans false

Lois Ugbede January 22, 2021

Claim: A viral video clip claims vaccines are targeted at eliminating Africans. The claim that vaccines are...

International Fact-Checking Network nominated for Nobel Prize IFCN

International Fact-Checking Network nominated for Nobel Prize

Dubawa January 22, 2021

By the International Fact-Checking Network The International Fact-Checking Network, housed at the non-profit Poynter Institute for Media...

How True is Claim Anambra Owes over ₦200bn Debt? obiano-peter-obi

How True is Claim Anambra Owes over ₦200bn Debt?

Nurudeen Lawal January 22, 2021

Claim: A Twitter user, Nnamdi Chife (@NnamdiChife), claimed in a tweet that Anambra state is owing “a...

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Claim that FG is offering N10,500 weekly as COVID-19 second wave grant is a fraudulent

Silas Jonathan January 20, 2021

Claim: a certain web-based message going round on WhatsApp claims that the Federal Government is offering N10,500...

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Old, Foreign Photos Recycled As Recent Military Raid Of Terrorist Camp

Kunle Adebajo January 19, 2021

Claim: The Nigerian military recently raided an enclave of Boko Haram terrorists inside the Sambisa Forest, seizing...

How true is claim Nigerian Vice-Chancellor urged female students to “go and marry”? Abubakar-Tafawa-Balewa-University-ATBU

How true is claim Nigerian Vice-Chancellor urged female students to “go and marry”?

Silas Jonathan January 19, 2021

Claim: a viral WhatsApp message claims that the Registrar, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), advised that female...

“I do not authorise” – would sending this to ten groups exempt you from Whatsapp’s new policy?

Lois Ugbede January 19, 2021

A viral WhatsApp message claims sending “I do not authorise” WhatsApp new policy to ten WhatsApp groups...

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How true is claim that the new COVID-19 variant in Nigeria has shorter incubation period?

Lois Ugbede January 18, 2021

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims the incubation period of the new variant of COVID-19 in Nigeria...

Dubawa

Why Conspiracy Theories Can Be As Misleading As They Are Convincing

True! Disproportionate use of this ingredient in hair dye can make your head, face swell

Video claiming COVID-19 vaccines weaponised to depopulate the world, eliminate Africans false

International Fact-Checking Network nominated for Nobel Prize

How True is Claim Anambra Owes over ₦200bn Debt?

Claim that FG is offering N10,500 weekly as COVID-19 second wave grant is a fraudulent

Old, Foreign Photos Recycled As Recent Military Raid Of Terrorist Camp

How true is claim Nigerian Vice-Chancellor urged female students to “go and marry”?

“I do not authorise” – would sending this to ten groups exempt you from Whatsapp’s new policy?

How true is claim that the new COVID-19 variant in Nigeria has shorter incubation period?

Economy

TikTok menacé de fermeture en Guinée-Bissau ?

False! Egypt has not banned Messi from entering the country

False! Former President Koroma has not joined the SLPP

False! Treason charges against former President Koroma not dismissed