Fraud Alert: MTN not offering customers new year gift reward

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Fraud Alert: MTN not offering customers new year gift reward

Silas Jonathan January 6, 2021 1

Claim: A web-based message circulating via a on WhatsApp claims MTN is offering a 2021 New year...

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Phishing link claims the WHO is giving out 500 Euros support

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Phishing link claims the WHO is giving out 500 Euros support

Lois Ugbede January 5, 2021 0

CLAIM: A viral WhatsApp message link claims the WHO is giving out 500 Euros support. FALSE. The...

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Doubting Covid-19 Data: An Analysis of Comments on NCDC Daily Tweets on Rising New Confirmed Cases

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Doubting Covid-19 Data: An Analysis of Comments on NCDC Daily Tweets on Rising New Confirmed Cases

Raheemat Adeniran January 5, 2021 0

Summary With the recent hike in the number of new covid-19 infections, there are concerns about a...

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Covifor is not a COVID-19 vaccine, not slated for test in Africa as claimed in this viral message

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Covifor is not a COVID-19 vaccine, not slated for test in Africa as claimed in this viral message

Aliyu Dahiru January 4, 2021 0

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message has claimed that Covifor injection, manufactured by the Indian pharmaceutical company, Hetero,...

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No Evidence Linking NIN With SIM Cards Is Targeted At Social Media Users

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No Evidence Linking NIN With SIM Cards Is Targeted At Social Media Users

Aliyu Dahiru January 4, 2021 0

Claim: A Facebook user with the name, Bas Yahemeka Bijleveld, has claimed that the linkage of National...

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Email purportedly from Gtbank requests customers details to link their NIN but it’s a scam mask

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Email purportedly from Gtbank requests customers details to link their NIN but it’s a scam mask

Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi January 4, 2021 0

Claim: An email sent to an individual claiming to emanate from Guaranty Trust Bank directed individuals to...

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Six major misinformation subjects Nigerian fact-checkers battled in 2020

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Six major misinformation subjects Nigerian fact-checkers battled in 2020

Lateef Sanni January 4, 2021 0

Fake news has gradually evolved to settle as a force that can’t be completely ruled out so...

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Comirnaty: All you need to know about the WHO’s only recommended COVID-19 vaccine

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Comirnaty: All you need to know about the WHO’s only recommended COVID-19 vaccine

Lois Ugbede January 4, 2021 1

About a year after the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the search to understand and curb the virus...

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Is it true Cervical Cancer screenings and treatments can cause infertility?

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Is it true Cervical Cancer screenings and treatments can cause infertility?

Atinuke Seun-Ige December 31, 2020 0

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message shows the fear some people have concerning Cervical Cancer screening becoming a...

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How true is the claim that €500,000 COVID-19 fraud was traced to Nigeria by Interpol?

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How true is the claim that €500,000 COVID-19 fraud was traced to Nigeria by Interpol?

Lois Ugbede December 31, 2020 0

CLAIM: News reports by Kakaaki News, Sahara Reporters, Punch, and some other media outlets have it that...

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