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Obasanjo’s ‘recent’ open letter to Buhari not new obasanjo-buhari2

Obasanjo’s ‘recent’ open letter to Buhari not new

Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle June 20, 2021

Claim: Nigeria’s Daily Post newspaper, on June 13, 2021 published a news story which claimed that former...

Misleading headline leads readers to believe President Buhari is dead

Silas Jonathan June 18, 2021

Claim: A news headline outlines that “JUST IN: Buhari Shot Dead By Gunmen In Edo” The headline...

Festus Keyamo did not author viral ‘MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS’ Message Festus-Keyamo

Festus Keyamo did not author viral ‘MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS’ Message

Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle June 18, 2021

Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle Claim: A viral WhatsApp message titled ‘FESTUS KEYAMO DROPS THE MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS –...

CAC not offering free online registration as claimed in viral message whatsapptoyotascam

CAC not offering free online registration as claimed in viral message

Aisha Ali June 18, 2021

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message urges Nigerians to take part in free Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) company...

The Viral American Visa Lottery Registration Form Is A Scam, DV Lottery Form Is Currently Closed green-card american vissa

The Viral American Visa Lottery Registration Form Is A Scam, DV Lottery Form Is Currently Closed

Alie Tarawally June 17, 2021

Claim: Viral WhatsApp messages claim “American Visa Lottery Online Registration 2021 Now Open”. There is no US...

Is ITF mobile the first made-in-Nigeria phone? PRESIDENT-BUHARI-PRESENTED-WITH-NIGERIAN-MADE-HANDS-SET-MOBILE-A

Is ITF mobile the first made-in-Nigeria phone?

Tope Omogbolagun June 16, 2021

Claim: President Muhammadu Buhari takes delivery of the first ever Nigeria-made cell phone called ITF Mobile. No,...

Fact-checking Senator Brown’s claim that no President has moved into Liberia’s Executive Mansion since the killing of President William R. Tolbert

Wremongar Joe June 15, 2021

Claim: Senator J. Gblehbo Brown says no President has moved into Liberia’s executive mansion since the killing...

EndSARS photo used to paint narrative Kenyans protest in solidarity with Nigerians E3rvhHQXEAMXMUA

EndSARS photo used to paint narrative Kenyans protest in solidarity with Nigerians

Lois Ugbede June 15, 2021

Claim: A Twitter user shared an image claiming Kenyans stood with Nigerians during the June 12 protest....

Twitter did not ban Buhari as claimed in Trump’s viral statement buhari trump

Twitter did not ban Buhari as claimed in Trump’s viral statement

Faith Adeoye June 14, 2021

Claim: The former President of the United States, Donald Trump, in a congratulatory message to Nigeria over...

No school children kidnapped in Ondo bus hijack as claimed by Shehu Sani Shehu-Sani

No school children kidnapped in Ondo bus hijack as claimed by Shehu Sani

Tope Omogbolagun June 14, 2021

Claim: Shehu Sani, a Nigerian politician, tweeted that some students were kidnapped in Ondo State. Available evidence...

Obasanjo’s ‘recent’ open letter to Buhari not new

Misleading headline leads readers to believe President Buhari is dead

Festus Keyamo did not author viral ‘MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS’ Message

CAC not offering free online registration as claimed in viral message

The Viral American Visa Lottery Registration Form Is A Scam, DV Lottery Form Is Currently Closed

Is ITF mobile the first made-in-Nigeria phone?

Fact-checking Senator Brown’s claim that no President has moved into Liberia’s Executive Mansion since the killing of President William R. Tolbert

EndSARS photo used to paint narrative Kenyans protest in solidarity with Nigerians

Twitter did not ban Buhari as claimed in Trump’s viral statement

No school children kidnapped in Ondo bus hijack as claimed by Shehu Sani

Economy

Electricity subsidy removal, heart disease remedy, other claims fact-checked this week

Viral claim about ‘Hisbah chief with police ADC,’ misleading

Contrary to Obi’s claim, FG has not removed electricity subsidy

Does regular sex prevent heart disease?