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Facebook user’s claim about consuming concoctions to birth twin boys, false!

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Facebook user’s claim about consuming concoctions to birth twin boys, false!

Lilian Adaora Udodi April 10, 2024 0

Claim: A Facebook page shared a video that consuming a homemade concoction would lead to the conception...

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Old video falsely used to amplify recent economic downturn 

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Old video falsely used to amplify recent economic downturn 

Miracle Akubuo April 10, 2024 0

Claim: A video shows people looting a truckload of livestock recently. Verdict: Misleading! The clip is an...

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Irọ́ ni! Àgbálùmọ̀ kò le wo akọ jẹ̀díjẹ̀dí, àrùn ẹ̀jẹ̀ ríru

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Irọ́ ni! Àgbálùmọ̀ kò le wo akọ jẹ̀díjẹ̀dí, àrùn ẹ̀jẹ̀ ríru

Táíwò Adéyẹmí April 10, 2024 0

Àhèsọ: Fọ́nrán kan láti ọwọ́ arashadyworldwide lójú òpó TIk Tok tí àwọn èèyàn tí wọ́n lé ní...

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False! Baba Ijesha has not been released from prison

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False! Baba Ijesha has not been released from prison

Saheed Ibrahim April 9, 2024 0

Claim: A Facebook account claimed that Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has been...

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FALSE! Violent protest in Asaba, not ethnic crisis

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FALSE! Violent protest in Asaba, not ethnic crisis

Raphael Obasiohia April 9, 2024 0

Claim: The violent protest in Asaba, Delta State, was an ethnic crisis, with Hausa-Fulani motorcycle riders killing...

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Recycled video falsely used to depict students’ kidnap in Nigeria

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Recycled video falsely used to depict students’ kidnap in Nigeria

Funmilola Afolabi April 9, 2024 0

Claim: A viral video purportedly shows schoolchildren being abducted in Nigeria. Verdict: MISLEADING. Our findings show that...

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FALSE! Liberian drug kingpin Original Japan still in custody

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FALSE! Liberian drug kingpin Original Japan still in custody

Prince E. Cooper April 8, 2024 0

Claim: A Facebook user alleged that a drug kingpin, George Ikpehehukwu, known as Original Japan, who was...

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Theodore Orji did not threaten to make Otti’s government unbearable if his pension, as ex-governor, stopped

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Theodore Orji did not threaten to make Otti’s government unbearable if his pension, as ex-governor, stopped

Raphael Obasiohia April 8, 2024 0

Claim: Theodore Orji threatens Abia State Government with a bloodbath if his ex-governor pension is stopped. Verdict:...

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FALSE! Military officer who committed suicide, Lance Kanyako, did not expose Koita in Coup attempt

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FALSE! Military officer who committed suicide, Lance Kanyako, did not expose Koita in Coup attempt

Iris Aminata Bangura April 7, 2024 0

Claim: A news publication by Sierraloaded claimed that the military officer who exposed Koita in the coup...

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False! Nigeria will not witness total solar eclipse on April 8

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False! Nigeria will not witness total solar eclipse on April 8

Yemi Sodeeq April 7, 2024 0

Claim: A Facebook user claimed that Nigeria will witness a total solar eclipse on April 8. Verdict:...

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