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Viral WhatsApp video showing Islamic teacher scourging students to tears, misleading

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Viral WhatsApp video showing Islamic teacher scourging students to tears, misleading

Ukashatu Wakili April 15, 2025 0

Claim: A video circulated on WhatsApp shows an alleged Islamic teacher beating two students with a heavy...

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​​2021 ultimatum by Emir Abbas Tafida shared as new development

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​​2021 ultimatum by Emir Abbas Tafida shared as new development

Rejoice Taddy April 15, 2025 0

Claim: A Facebook user shared a video of the Emir of Muri, Abbas Tafida, giving Fulani herdsmen...

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False! The government has not paid $52,000 to Nigerian TikToker Jarvis

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False! The government has not paid $52,000 to Nigerian TikToker Jarvis

Usman Fambuleh April 15, 2025 0

Claim: A Facebook user, Ivan Jaw, claimed that the Government of Sierra Leone gave $52,000 to Nigerian...

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Religious groups deny issuing viral statement in support of Koon

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Religious groups deny issuing viral statement in support of Koon

Jackson C. Clay Jr. April 14, 2025 0

Claim: V. Vehzelee Sumo, a communication officer in the office of the Majority bloc, has posted a...

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Round-Up: Fluoride-cancer link, alleged reprisal attacks on Igbos in Kano, others top false claims verified this week

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Round-Up: Fluoride-cancer link, alleged reprisal attacks on Igbos in Kano, others top false claims verified this week

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo April 13, 2025 0

False information continues to thrive on social media, even as purveyors of misinformation and disinformation persist in...

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DUBAWA wins Michael Elliot Award second consecutive year

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DUBAWA wins Michael Elliot Award second consecutive year

Lois Ugbede April 10, 2025 0

Silas Jonathan, the digital investigations manager for the Digital Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Disorder Analysis Centre...

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UPDATED: Parody account of VDM shares image of farmer allegedly killed by Fulani herdsmen

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UPDATED: Parody account of VDM shares image of farmer allegedly killed by Fulani herdsmen

Yunusa Umar April 9, 2025 0

Claim: VeryDarkMan, a parody account on X, shared an image of a lifeless farmer, claiming the farmer...

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Belly-flattening pineapple peels lacks scientific proof

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Belly-flattening pineapple peels lacks scientific proof

Amarachi Onwuzulike April 9, 2025 2

Claim: An Instagram user claimed that a boiled mixture of pineapple peels, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, black pepper,...

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Video showing Netanyahu pledging to save Africa dates back to 2016

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Video showing Netanyahu pledging to save Africa dates back to 2016

Miracle Akubuo April 9, 2025 2

Claim: A Facebook user claims via video that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to liberate...

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More than four counties have elected female Senators

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More than four counties have elected female Senators

Jackson C. Clay Jr. April 9, 2025 0

Claim: Liberia’s former vice president, Madam Jewel Howard Taylor, advocates for a female candidate in the Nimba...

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