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FALSE! Saudi Arabia has not banned visas for Nigeria Saudi

FALSE! Saudi Arabia has not banned visas for Nigeria

Lademi Aborisade April 15, 2025

Claim: Harrison on X asserts that Hajj has been cancelled in Nigeria because Saudi Arabia restricted Nigerians...

Was $1 equivalent to N22 during Abacha’s rule?

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo April 15, 2025

Claim: Several social media posts claimed that the US dollar was consistently equivalent to N22 throughout General...

Did Sokoto court pass jail term, 12 strokes of cane on 18-year-old over government criticism?

Mohammed Taoheed April 15, 2025

Claim: A Facebook post claims that a chief magistrate court in Sokoto has sentenced one Hamdiyya Shariff,...

Viral WhatsApp video showing Islamic teacher scourging students to tears, misleading

Ukashatu Wakili April 15, 2025

Claim: A video circulated on WhatsApp shows an alleged Islamic teacher beating two students with a heavy...

2021 ultimatum by Emir Abbas Tafida shared as new development

Rejoice Taddy April 15, 2025

Claim: A Facebook user shared a video of the Emir of Muri, Abbas Tafida, giving Fulani herdsmen...

False! The government has not paid $52,000 to Nigerian TikToker Jarvis Credit: Gistreel

False! The government has not paid $52,000 to Nigerian TikToker Jarvis

Usman Fambuleh April 15, 2025

Claim: A Facebook user, Ivan Jaw, claimed that the Government of Sierra Leone gave $52,000 to Nigerian...

Nimba Decides2025: The candidates and the opinion polls during the campaign season

Bettie Kemah Johnson-Mbayo April 15, 2025

The Nimba 2025 by-election will take place on April 22, 2025, across all nine districts. Currently, there...

Religious groups deny issuing viral statement in support of Koon Rev. Dr Samuel Reeves, President of the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) Photo Source: Liberian Investigator

Rev. Dr Samuel Reeves, President of the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) Photo Source: Liberian Investigator

Religious groups deny issuing viral statement in support of Koon

Jackson C. Clay Jr. April 14, 2025

Claim: V. Vehzelee Sumo, a communication officer in the office of the Majority bloc, has posted a...

Round-Up: Fluoride-cancer link, alleged reprisal attacks on Igbos in Kano, others top false claims verified this week Round-Up: Top trending fact-checks by DUBAWA this week

Round-Up: Top trending fact-checks by DUBAWA this week

Round-Up: Fluoride-cancer link, alleged reprisal attacks on Igbos in Kano, others top false claims verified this week

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo April 13, 2025

False information continues to thrive on social media, even as purveyors of misinformation and disinformation persist in...

DUBAWA wins Michael Elliot Award second consecutive year

Lois Ugbede April 10, 2025

Silas Jonathan, the digital investigations manager for the Digital Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Information Disorder Analysis Centre...

FALSE! Saudi Arabia has not banned visas for Nigeria

Was $1 equivalent to N22 during Abacha’s rule?

Did Sokoto court pass jail term, 12 strokes of cane on 18-year-old over government criticism?

Viral WhatsApp video showing Islamic teacher scourging students to tears, misleading

2021 ultimatum by Emir Abbas Tafida shared as new development

False! The government has not paid $52,000 to Nigerian TikToker Jarvis

Nimba Decides2025: The candidates and the opinion polls during the campaign season

Religious groups deny issuing viral statement in support of Koon

Round-Up: Fluoride-cancer link, alleged reprisal attacks on Igbos in Kano, others top false claims verified this week

DUBAWA wins Michael Elliot Award second consecutive year

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Viral image of Adingra’s House set ablaze after Ivory Coast’s defeat to Germany, photoshopped

Viral Obasanjo’s farewell letter, false

How alleged killing of Yunusa Mbye drowned: The Gambia in shock and sorrow

Misleading, the U.S. did not deport Iran’s player over gun celebration