Fact Check
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Round-Up: Diogo Jota’s death, US embassy’s alleged closure, other top claims fact-checked this week
As the fight against false information intensifies, disinformation actors exert significant influence over various aspects of public life. Last week,…
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Photos claiming vigilantes’ success in Kwara is of Nigerian Army’s operation in Borno
Claim: A Facebook Page, Capacity Media Trust, shared some pictures of alleged dead bandits with the claim that vigilantes in…
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Funding for Emirates Hospital in Gbarpolu not from Saudi government
Claim: A Facebook user, Titus Williams Sr., alleged on “FRIES FM” that former President Weah’s trip to Saudi Arabia resulted…
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False! US declared public holiday, not closure of Nigerian office
Claim: A Facebook user asserts that the US Embassy has announced the closure of its offices in Abuja and Lagos…
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Misleading! Partey has not been arrested
Claim: A viral Facebook post by one Meddrak on The Shukubly page alleges that Ghanaian and Arsenal footballer, Thomas Partey…
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False! Liverpool fans in Nigeria didn’t hold procession for Diogo Jota
Claim: A viral Facebook video claims that Liverpool fans in Nigeria held a procession to mourn the death of Portuguese…
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Viral video of Burna Boy’s song for Ibrahim Traore, Al-generated
Claim: A viral video on different WhatsApp groups claimed that Burna Boy had dropped a new song for Captain Ibrahim…
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Picture of bus station in Sierra Leone AI-generated
Claim: A Facebook user named Biggy Smalls posted an image of a busy bus station with several buses and the…
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Picture of man caught with human skulls, not recent
Claim: A Facebook user, Ebuka Odo, shared an image claiming that a 37-year-old man was arrested with a dried human…
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Six ways to identify visuals made with Google’s Veo 3, other AI video tools
A video showing snowfall in Enugu went viral on social media, gathering many views. Reactions depicted an audience with split…
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