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Old video falsely used to amplify recent economic downturn 

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Old video falsely used to amplify recent economic downturn 

Miracle Akubuo April 10, 2024 0

Claim: A video shows people looting a truckload of livestock recently. Verdict: Misleading! The clip is an...

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False! Baba Ijesha has not been released from prison

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False! Baba Ijesha has not been released from prison

Saheed Ibrahim April 9, 2024 0

Claim: A Facebook account claimed that Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, has been...

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FALSE! Violent protest in Asaba, not ethnic crisis

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FALSE! Violent protest in Asaba, not ethnic crisis

Raphael Obasiohia April 9, 2024 0

Claim: The violent protest in Asaba, Delta State, was an ethnic crisis, with Hausa-Fulani motorcycle riders killing...

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Recycled video falsely used to depict students’ kidnap in Nigeria

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Recycled video falsely used to depict students’ kidnap in Nigeria

Funmilola Afolabi April 9, 2024 0

Claim: A viral video purportedly shows schoolchildren being abducted in Nigeria. Verdict: MISLEADING. Our findings show that...

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FALSE! Liberian drug kingpin Original Japan still in custody

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FALSE! Liberian drug kingpin Original Japan still in custody

Prince E. Cooper April 8, 2024 0

Claim: A Facebook user alleged that a drug kingpin, George Ikpehehukwu, known as Original Japan, who was...

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Theodore Orji did not threaten to make Otti’s government unbearable if his pension, as ex-governor, stopped

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Theodore Orji did not threaten to make Otti’s government unbearable if his pension, as ex-governor, stopped

Raphael Obasiohia April 8, 2024 0

Claim: Theodore Orji threatens Abia State Government with a bloodbath if his ex-governor pension is stopped. Verdict:...

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False! Nigeria will not witness total solar eclipse on April 8

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False! Nigeria will not witness total solar eclipse on April 8

Yemi Sodeeq April 7, 2024 0

Claim: A Facebook user claimed that Nigeria will witness a total solar eclipse on April 8. Verdict:...

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Unmasking Facebook users’ diabetes cure as scam

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Unmasking Facebook users’ diabetes cure as scam

Juliet Buna April 6, 2024 0

The battle against diabetes– a relentless adversary undermining the body’s energy metabolism– has reached a fever pitch,...

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FALSE! University of Sierra Leone Court has not been reconstituted

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FALSE! University of Sierra Leone Court has not been reconstituted

Iris Aminata Bangura April 5, 2024 0

Claim:On March 13, 2024,  the Ministry of Information, the sector’s minister, and other sources claimed that the...

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Sahara Reporters’ claim about Osun State teachers’ recruitment test, partly true

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Sahara Reporters’ claim about Osun State teachers’ recruitment test, partly true

Olufisoye Adenitan April 5, 2024 0

Claim: An online news platform, Sahara Reporters, claimed that the Osun state government has failed to conduct...

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