Fact Check
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Email purportedly from Gtbank requests customers details to link their NIN but it’s a scam mask
Claim: An email sent to an individual claiming to emanate from Guaranty Trust Bank directed individuals to click a URL…
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Is it true Cervical Cancer screenings and treatments can cause infertility?
Claim: A viral WhatsApp message shows the fear some people have concerning Cervical Cancer screening becoming a cause of infertility.…
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How true is the claim that €500,000 COVID-19 fraud was traced to Nigeria by Interpol?
CLAIM: News reports by Kakaaki News, Sahara Reporters, Punch, and some other media outlets have it that €500,000 COVID-19 fraud…
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Taking raw eggs with milk – or anything – not healthy for humans
Claim: Intake of fresh egg as energy and blood booster No scientific findings indicate that intake of raw eggs builds…
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Heathrow Airport doesn’t record more passengers than African airports combined
CLAIM: A twitter user, Babashola Kuti (@RealSolaKuti), claimed that Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom records more passengers than all…
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COVID-19 VACCINE DOES NOT LEAD TO PENIS ENLARGEMENT
CLAIM: A photo circulating and rumours making rounds suggest that the COVID-19 vaccine leads to Penis Enlargement. FALSE. Whilst there…
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No data to support Umahi’s claim 11.5 million Igbos live Nigeria’s North, 3 million of voting age reside in Lagos
CLAIM: Chairman of South-East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, claims 11.5million Igbos are living in northern…
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No Evidence Buhari Visited Kankara Days After Students’ Kidnapping
Claim: Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, visited Kankara, a town in Katsina State where hundreds of secondary school students were kidnapped,…
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Reno Omokri’s claims on Buhari’s N3.2bn food, travel budget false
A twitter user, Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari budgeted N3.2 billion for food and travel for 2020.…
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2019 report recirculated to fuel Atiku/Buhari presidential election rivalry – and many fell for it
CLAIM: INEC presiding officers made confession on electronic transmission of 2019 presidential election results. VERDICT: TRUE! But report is from…
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