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Did Mali leader sign law to keep him in office indefinitely?

Did Mali leader sign law to keep him in office indefinitely?

Did Mali leader sign law to keep him in office indefinitely?

Patricia Sia Ngevao August 3, 2025

Claim: Mali’s transitional president, General Assimi Goïta, has signed a controversial law granting himself a five-year presidential...

Trending video purporting ECOMOG soldiers landed in Makeni, false

Trending video purporting ECOMOG soldiers landed in Makeni, false

Trending video purporting ECOMOG soldiers landed in Makeni, false

Patricia Sia Ngevao August 3, 2025

Claim: A viral video circulating online claims that ECOMOG soldiers have landed in Makeni, Northern Sierra Leone,...

Viral Video on Bo District flood scene, AI-generated

Viral Video on Bo District flood scene, AI-generated

Viral Video on Bo District flood scene, AI-generated

Patricia Sia Ngevao August 3, 2025

Claim: A video of a flooding scene in Bo District, Sierra Leone, has gone viral on Facebook....

Inside Nigeria’s Amazon Clinic, run by a traditional birth attendant selling unapproved herbal mixtures

Inside Nigeria’s Amazon Clinic, run by a traditional birth attendant selling unapproved herbal mixtures

Inside Nigeria’s Amazon Clinic, run by a traditional birth attendant selling unapproved herbal mixtures

Lademi Aborisade August 2, 2025

“I have a friend that Indomie (noodles) was removed from his heart” was the attention-catching statement of...

ANALYSIS: Social media users deploy ethnic hate speech, disinformation ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 elections

ANALYSIS: Social media users deploy ethnic hate speech, disinformation ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 elections

ANALYSIS: Social media users deploy ethnic hate speech, disinformation ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 elections

Raphael Obasiohia August 1, 2025

“This is just a tip of the iceberg to what will happen in 2027, if you animals...

Inside Nigeria’s internet scam lingo used to promote scams, wins celebrated openly on X

Inside Nigeria’s internet scam lingo used to promote scams, wins celebrated openly on X

Inside Nigeria’s internet scam lingo used to promote scams, wins celebrated openly on X

Daniel Ojukwu August 1, 2025

The word choices leave the trend in plain sight for anyone armed with the right keywords. It...

False! Eating garri, fufu, other fermented foods does not amount to taking alcohol

False! Eating garri, fufu, other fermented foods does not amount to taking alcohol

False! Eating garri, fufu, other fermented foods does not amount to taking alcohol

Olaide Abioye August 1, 2025

Claim: X user @OurFavOnlineDoc claims that eating Garri, Fufu, Ogi, Eba, Bread, Yoghurt, and Cheese amounts to...

Did release of Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam cause Nigeria’s recent flooding? Did release of Cameroon's Lagdo Dam cause Nigeria's recent flooding?

Did release of Cameroon's Lagdo Dam cause Nigeria's recent flooding?

Did release of Cameroon’s Lagdo Dam cause Nigeria’s recent flooding?

Emmanuel Oluwadola August 1, 2025

Claim: Multiple Facebook users claimed that Cameroon’s recently opened Lagdo Dam caused severe flooding in parts of...

True, delayed baby umbilical cord clamping has benefits

True, delayed baby umbilical cord clamping has benefits

True, delayed baby umbilical cord clamping has benefits

Mohammed Dahiru Lawal July 30, 2025

Claim: Baby’s umbilical cord blood has health benefits and should not be cut off immediately. Verdict: True!...

AI-generated disinformation looms ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 elections

AI-generated disinformation looms ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 elections

AI-generated disinformation looms ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 elections

Mohammed Dahiru Lawal July 30, 2025

Days after gunmen slaughtered over 100 villagers in Benue State, Enoche was scrolling through her Facebook posts...

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