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Mainstream

Misleading video used to depict ISWAP attack in Sokoto

Mutalib Jibril · 240 views · Jun 24, 2026

Misleading video used to depict ISWAP attack in Sokoto
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African Languages

Hoton bogi aka yi amfani da shi wajen kwatanta kisar mutane 52 a Sokoto 

Yunusa Umar · 80 views · Jun 24, 2026

Misleading image used to portray 52 persons murdered in Sokoto
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Fact Check

Suspected terrorist in viral video arrested in Kwara, not Zamfara

Yunusa Umar · 241 views · Jun 23, 2026

Suspected terrorist in viral video arrested in Kwara, not Zamfara
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False! Liberia’s Drug Enforcement Agency Boss didn’t resign over $19m drug investigation

Liberia · Laymah Kollie · 355 views · Jun 23, 2026

False! Liberia’s Drug Enforcement Agency Boss didn’t resign over $19m drug investigation
05
Fact Check

Old video of Sokoto displacement recirculated with false Fulani terrorist narrative

Maryam Umar · 229 views · Jun 23, 2026

Old video of Sokoto displacement recirculated with false Fulani terrorist narrative
06

Claim 90% of Liberians do not have access to safe drinking water, false

Liberia · Lee N. Monjue · 153 views · Jun 23, 2026

Claim 90% of Liberians do not have access to safe drinking water, false
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Explainers

Sierra Leone launches health travel portal: A digital shield against disease outbreaks

Sierra Leone · Mohamed Dauda kamara · 388 views · Jun 23, 2026

Sierra Leone launches health travel portal: A digital shield against disease outbreaks
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Fact Check

Viral clip of ‘wanderers’ from Ethiopia, not Nigeria

Juliet Buna · 194 views · Jun 23, 2026

Viral clip of ‘wanderers’ from Ethiopia, not Nigeria
09
Fact Check

Mali video falsely used to portray terror threat against Nigeria 

David Arome · 241 views · Jun 23, 2026

Mali video falsely used to portray terror threat against Nigeria
10
Fact Check

TikTok user deletes misleading bandits on aircraft’s post after DUBAWA’s fact-check

Muhammad Jamil Ibrahim · 253 views · Jun 22, 2026

TikTok user deletes misleading bandits on aircraft’s post after DUBAWA’s fact-check

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