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Claims about snow in Nigeria spread climate disinformation

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Claims about snow in Nigeria spread climate disinformation

Emmanuel Oluwadola July 3, 2025 1

Climate change is a global phenomenon that refers to long-term shifts in Earth’s temperature and weather patterns....

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Photo purported to be Sierra Leone’s “Lungi Bridge,” U.S. lake 

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Photo purported to be Sierra Leone’s “Lungi Bridge,” U.S. lake 

Benedict AbuBakarr Conteh July 2, 2025 0

Claim: A Facebook post by Malik Malik Bah shows a photograph labelled “we dey fix ya, #Lungi...

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Despite X’s policies, parody accounts continue to spread disinformation

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Despite X’s policies, parody accounts continue to spread disinformation

Daniel Ojukwu July 2, 2025 0

In November 2022, one month after businessman Elon Musk completed his acquisition of X (formerly Twitter), he...

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False! Viral video praising Imo State’s infrastructure, shot in Abia State

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False! Viral video praising Imo State’s infrastructure, shot in Abia State

Fortune Eromonsele July 2, 2025 0

Claim: A drone shot shared by X user @VoiceOfIgbo claimed to show infrastructural developments in Owerri, the...

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False! Woman in viral picture beaten by male assailants, not daughter-in-law 

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False! Woman in viral picture beaten by male assailants, not daughter-in-law 

Justina Asishana July 2, 2025 0

Claim: A Facebook page (Female in Africa) on June 1, 2025, posted a picture of a woman...

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Did President William Ruto resign as claimed by social media users?

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Did President William Ruto resign as claimed by social media users?

Glory Ugonma Itiafe July 1, 2025 0

Claim: An X user @DanBornoReal claims that Kenyan President William Ruto has resigned from office following a...

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Viral claim rat faeces cure appendicitis, false

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Viral claim rat faeces cure appendicitis, false

Mohammed Dahiru Lawal June 30, 2025 0

Claim: A self-proclaimed apostle, Ibraheem Niass Sheikh Kusfa, claimed in a viral video that rat faeces can...

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Does drinking garlic water cure rabies as claimed by X user?

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Does drinking garlic water cure rabies as claimed by X user?

Anniete Ibijoke Osanyinpeju June 30, 2025 0

Claim: An X user alleged that drinking garlic juice every morning and evening for two weeks can...

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False! Baba Ijesha not released from prison as claimed

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False! Baba Ijesha not released from prison as claimed

Juliet Buna June 30, 2025 0

Claim: Facebook users here, here, and here claim that Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba...

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How misleading headlines about Nigerian ‘import ban’ fuels misinformation

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How misleading headlines about Nigerian ‘import ban’ fuels misinformation

Abdullah Tijani June 30, 2025 0

Emmanuel Emuoborsan stood holding a video recording device in his hand, visibly agitated. In a monologue (archived...

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