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Facebook user creates fake screenshot to claim DSS shared 2013 photos to paint Igboho’s recent arrest Sunday-Igboho

Facebook user creates fake screenshot to claim DSS shared 2013 photos to paint Igboho’s recent arrest

Silas Jonathan, Iyabode Olorunshola July 14, 2021

Claim: A screenshot making rounds on social media claims that acclaimed evidential photos of items collected from...

Are there health benefits to eating placenta? baby placenta

Are there health benefits to eating placenta?

Uchenna Igwe July 13, 2021

Claim: Some social media users have claimed that eating the placenta provides lots of health benefits. There...

PRESS RELEASE: DUBAWA SET TO ESTABLISH OPERATIONS IN SIERRA LEONE Dubawa-e1594194230485

PRESS RELEASE: DUBAWA SET TO ESTABLISH OPERATIONS IN SIERRA LEONE

Silas Jonathan July 13, 2021

DUBAWA, a fact-checking initiative of The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), is set to launch...

Document In Circulation Showing List Of Players And Officials To Benefit From President Bio’s Token After Winning The Match Against Benin Is Fake

John-John Whitfield July 12, 2021

Claim: A document in circulation claims to have published the names and amount of money to be...

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Dubawa July 12, 2021

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Hooves padded sandals worn by poachers, not bandits as claimed in this viral message pasted image 0 (9)

Hooves padded sandals worn by poachers, not bandits as claimed in this viral message

Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle July 11, 2021

Claim: A WhatsApp message (with attached images) claims Nigerian bandits now wear cow hooves padded sandals to...

Many believe using phones at fuel stations causes fire explosions but is this true?

Tope Omogbolagun July 9, 2021

Claim: Using phones in a fuel station or near fuel at home can cause an explosion. No,...

True, taking large doses of Paracetamol with carbonated drinks could damage your liver coca-paracetamol (2)

True, taking large doses of Paracetamol with carbonated drinks could damage your liver

Funmilola Afolabi July 9, 2021

Claim: An online news medium on Instagram claimed taking large doses of paracetamol in a carbonated drink...

Viral Video Depicting IPOB Members Protesting Kanu’s Re-Arrest Is From 2015 IPOB protest

Viral Video Depicting IPOB Members Protesting Kanu’s Re-Arrest Is From 2015

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo July 9, 2021

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo Claim: A viral video resurfaced on Wednesday, 30th June 2021 claiming members of the Indigenous...

Aboubakar Hima defrauded Nigeria of arms funds in past administration, not in Buhari’s govt

Nanji Nandang July 8, 2021

Claim: A viral message on social media claims that Buhari’s regime declared a foreign national from Niger...

Facebook user creates fake screenshot to claim DSS shared 2013 photos to paint Igboho’s recent arrest

Are there health benefits to eating placenta?

PRESS RELEASE: DUBAWA SET TO ESTABLISH OPERATIONS IN SIERRA LEONE

Document In Circulation Showing List Of Players And Officials To Benefit From President Bio’s Token After Winning The Match Against Benin Is Fake

Hooves padded sandals worn by poachers, not bandits as claimed in this viral message

Many believe using phones at fuel stations causes fire explosions but is this true?

True, taking large doses of Paracetamol with carbonated drinks could damage your liver

Viral Video Depicting IPOB Members Protesting Kanu’s Re-Arrest Is From 2015

Aboubakar Hima defrauded Nigeria of arms funds in past administration, not in Buhari’s govt

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False! Bio has not ordered 100,000 litres of fuel for distribution across stations

Social media users call for stricter laws around “Husband Stitch” after DUBAWA’s investigation

Can garlic and olive oil cure ear infection?

FALSE! China, Japan have not banned Islam