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Fact Check
Video shot in Ethiopia falsely used to project attack on Yoruba in Nigeria
Following the Owo church attack, a Facebook page posted a 30-seconds video with a caption written in Yoruba, suggesting that Fulani women were armed to attack the Yoruba.
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Elections
Viral video of APC governors’ ‘visit’ to Atiku not recent
The text that accompanied the video alleged conspiracy against Mr Tinubu by the northern APC leaders following his emergence as the party's flagbearer.
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Fact Check
How true is claim MRIs show scary images of babies?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is a non-invasive imaging technology that produces three-dimensional detailed anatomical images. Most MRI machines are large, tube-shaped magnets.
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Education
Ghanaian government did not introduce uniform for school teachers
Unlike students, school teachers in Africa are, however, rarely seen wearing school uniforms. Rather, they adopt corporate dresses as their dress code.
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Elections
FALSE! INEC did not extend online voter registration
A WhatsApp user on Thursday, June 2, 2022, shared a screenshot on his WhatsApp status with the claim that online voter registration had been extended.
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Featured
Dubawa fellow in US for Solutions Journalism Summit
Jamiu Folarin, a research fellow of DUBAWA, the fact-checking project of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), has arrived in the United States for the 2022 Solutions Journalism Summit.
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Education
Did Buhari say he is unaware of ongoing ASUU strike?
The major demands of ASUU are; the renegotiation of its ASUU-FG 2009 agreement and the deployment of University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) for payment of its members’ salaries.
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Education
Misleading blog post claims Nigerian students can apply for N75,000 stipends offered by FG
Apply Now!” and that the offer was only for undergraduate students (N75,000) and NCE students (50,000).
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Fact Check
How scammers pose as Zenith Bank’s Twitter help page to defraud unsuspecting customers
However, just minutes later, after having given out his financial details and was expecting a solution, he received a debit alert of an undisclosed amount he knew nothing about. It was then that he realised that he had been defrauded and the Twitter page he thought was genuine was not, has just 0 followers, follows only 1 person, and was only created in April 2022.
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Fact Check
Alleged video of man hitting woman with pressing iron not of late singer, Osinachi
Since the passing of the gospel singer, multiple narratives have been flying around with no factual basis. While this is usual with trending events, some people can capitalise on it to propagate unfounded reality that may sometimes stir up fear or even rage in the society.
