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Round-Up: Peter Obi’s investment scheme, Access Bank free surgery, other top claims verified last week

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Round-Up: Peter Obi’s investment scheme, Access Bank free surgery, other top claims verified last week

Ukashatu Ibrahim Wakili May 23, 2026 0

From a manipulated video falsely showing Peter Obi promoting a get-rich-quick scheme to misleading claims about free...

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False! Viral photos of abused children unrelated to Oyo school kidnapping

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False! Viral photos of abused children unrelated to Oyo school kidnapping

Juliet Buna May 23, 2026 0

Claim: Facebook user, Alexander Pius, shared images claiming to show the kidnapped Oriire school children beaten by...

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Unrelated pictures used to depict girl’s death in marriage

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Unrelated pictures used to depict girl’s death in marriage

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo May 23, 2026 0

Claim: Social media users shared a photo collage containing an image of a girl and an elderly...

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Peter Obi’s interview manipulated to promote phoney investment scheme 

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Peter Obi’s interview manipulated to promote phoney investment scheme 

Rejoice Taddy May 21, 2026 0

Claim: A Facebook user shared a video of Obi advertising an investment scheme. Verdict: False. The original...

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False! Kobbie Mainoo not married 

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False! Kobbie Mainoo not married 

Mohammed Taoheed May 21, 2026 1

Claim: An X user asserted that Kobbie Mainoo is now married with a kid.  Verdict: False! DUBAWA’s...

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Does toothpaste reduce wrinkles, as social media users claim?

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Does toothpaste reduce wrinkles, as social media users claim?

Rejoice Taddy May 20, 2026 0

Claim: A Facebook user claimed that toothpaste can clear wrinkles from the skin. Verdict: False. There is...

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Misleading! Access Bank not providing free IVF, fibroid surgery

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Misleading! Access Bank not providing free IVF, fibroid surgery

Amarachi Onwuzulike May 20, 2026 0

Claim: An X user claims that Access Bank is giving free funding for IVF and fibroid surgery....

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Facebook user deletes post on Burna Boy after DUBAWA’s fact-check

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Facebook user deletes post on Burna Boy after DUBAWA’s fact-check

Emmanuel Oluwadola May 19, 2026 1

A Facebook page, Funny Belinda, has deleted a post that the Nigerian Afrobeat artist Burna Boy met...

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False! Former President Koroma not dead

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False! Former President Koroma not dead

Patrick Samura May 15, 2026 0

Claim: A viral post on Facebook and WhatsApp claims that former Sierra Leonean President, Dr Ernest Bai...

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Claim Tanzania government raised marriage age to 30, false

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Claim Tanzania government raised marriage age to 30, false

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo May 15, 2026 0

Claim: A viral post on Facebook and Instagram claimed the government of Tanzania has increased the minimum...

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