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False! Wetting your head before your other body parts in shower do not cause stroke

False! Wetting your head before your other body parts in shower does not cause stroke

False! Wetting your head before your other body parts in shower do not cause stroke

Lademi Aborisade October 30, 2023

Claim: Facebook user says strokes are usually more common in bathrooms because of a particular body shower...

No scientific evidence pineapple, cucumber, lemon juice mixture cleans liver fruit punch

No scientific evidence pineapple, cucumber, lemon juice mixture cleans liver

Lademi Aborisade October 29, 2023

Claim: A Facebook reel indicates that blending pineapple, cucumber, celery plant, and lemons can be used to...

Headline about Muslims on Front-Page Africa, New Republic Newspaper, fabricated

Jackson C. Clay Jr. October 27, 2023

Claim: On Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, the Front Page Africa and New Republic Newspaper had “No Space...

Mostly True! Man caught buying Voter Cards in Waylawesu, Zorzor District, Lofa County

Laymah Kollie October 27, 2023

Claim: A Facebook page, “Unity Party,” operated by the major opposition political party on Oct. 23, 2023,...

Viral picture of confluence not River Niger and Benue Rivers Niger and Benue

Viral picture of confluence not River Niger and Benue

Phillip Anjorin October 26, 2023

Claim: A Facebook user claimed that a picture showing the meeting point of two differently coloured rivers...

Abraham Godsent Wheon Photo source Facebook

Claims of arrest of Abraham Godsent Wheon by AFL not supported

Jackson C. Clay Jr. October 26, 2023

Claim: A Facebook user, Samai Kallon, has alleged on the official Facebook platform of the Truth Breakfast...

Misleading! President George Weah did not win 11 counties

Elbie T. Sebleh, Jackson C. Clay Jr. October 25, 2023

Claim: “All 11 counties have been licked (won) by President George Weah” is a claim being made...

Claim, Nnamdi Kanu has been released from DSS custody, false

Cole Praise October 25, 2023

CLAIM: Nnamdi Kanu has been released from DSS’ custody. VERDICT: False. A recent tweet by the legal...

No! Qatar did not threaten to cut off world’s natural gas supply Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar.

No! Qatar did not threaten to cut off world’s natural gas supply

Sunday Awosoro October 23, 2023

Claim: A video shows the Emir of Qatar threatening to cut off the global natural gas supply...

FALSE! No new $165 tax for passengers Credit Africa Business Community

FALSE! No new $165 tax for passengers

Mohamed Jaward Nyallay October 21, 2023

Claim: A report has gone viral, claiming that passengers travelling by air to Sierra Leone will start...

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False! Wetting your head before your other body parts in shower do not cause stroke

No scientific evidence pineapple, cucumber, lemon juice mixture cleans liver

Headline about Muslims on Front-Page Africa, New Republic Newspaper, fabricated

Mostly True! Man caught buying Voter Cards in Waylawesu, Zorzor District, Lofa County

Viral picture of confluence not River Niger and Benue

Claims of arrest of Abraham Godsent Wheon by AFL not supported

Misleading! President George Weah did not win 11 counties

Claim, Nnamdi Kanu has been released from DSS custody, false

No! Qatar did not threaten to cut off world’s natural gas supply

FALSE! No new $165 tax for passengers

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Deepfake video falsely shows Ibrahim Traore warning Tinubu

False! UN did not approve Biafra’s passport

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