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Viral picture showing king, others arrested for kidnapping, old

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Viral picture showing king, others arrested for kidnapping, old

Lademi Aborisade October 21, 2024 0

Claim: X user shared a picture of a royal family in Uba-Agwa in Oguta Local Government Area,...

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Viral WhatsApp message on Ondo 2024 Soft Loan Portal, phishing scam

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Viral WhatsApp message on Ondo 2024 Soft Loan Portal, phishing scam

Juliet Buna October 21, 2024 0

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims that the 2024 portal for the Ondo State Soft Loan application...

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Army debunks viral claims of COAS death

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Army debunks viral claims of COAS death

Phillip Anjorin October 20, 2024 0

Claim: Several Facebook users claimed that the Nigerian army chief of staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, has died. Verdict:...

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Misleading! Video of alleged murder did not occur in Sierra Leone

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Misleading! Video of alleged murder did not occur in Sierra Leone

Iris Aminata Bangura October 18, 2024 0

Claim: A viral video, accompanied by an audio message circulating on social media (WhatsApp), shows a graphic...

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Did Ondo Governor Aiyedatiwa assault a woman in London?

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Did Ondo Governor Aiyedatiwa assault a woman in London?

Juliet Buna, Rejoice Taddy October 17, 2024 0

Claim: Social media accounts in October have been circulating a chaotic video clip, falsely suggesting that the...

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Did CAF award three points to Libya over match boycott by Nigeria’s Super Eagles?

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Did CAF award three points to Libya over match boycott by Nigeria’s Super Eagles?

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo October 17, 2024 0

Claim: A Facebook post by Goal Africa suggested that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) awarded three...

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Misleading! Instablog9ja’s viral images on ritual killing, old

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Misleading! Instablog9ja’s viral images on ritual killing, old

Sunday Awosoro October 17, 2024 0

Claim: Three images from Instablog9ja’s old post depict the perpetrators of a ritual killing.  Verdict: Misleading! Our...

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Viral clip misinterprets UN’s Pact for Future as authoritarian control measure

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Viral clip misinterprets UN’s Pact for Future as authoritarian control measure

Rejoice Taddy October 17, 2024 1

Claim: A video circulating on WhatsApp groups asserts that the UN will force global citizens to have...

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DUBAWA student trainee, Rita Enemuru, wins African Fact-Checking Award

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DUBAWA student trainee, Rita Enemuru, wins African Fact-Checking Award

Temilade Onilede October 16, 2024 0

Rita Enemuru, a student who turned fact-checker through one of DUBAWA’s capacity-building workshops, won the student category...

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Did Akpabio advise Nigerians to go for free food whenever they see one?

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Did Akpabio advise Nigerians to go for free food whenever they see one?

Abdulqudus Ogundapo, Lademi Aborisade October 16, 2024 0

Claim: A viral video clip allegedly shows Senate President Godswill Akpabio telling Nigerians to go for free...

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