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Facebook claim suggesting Sylvester Stallone is dead, false

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Facebook claim suggesting Sylvester Stallone is dead, false

Miracle Akubuo January 15, 2025 1

Claim: A Facebook post claimed that Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone is dead. Verdict: False! Our findings show...

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Human metapneumovirus: What to know about the virus

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Human metapneumovirus: What to know about the virus

Lademi Aborisade January 15, 2025 0

Full Text  On January 6, 2025, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) assessed the country’s risk...

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Does Telegram have only 30 employees, as claimed by X user?

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Does Telegram have only 30 employees, as claimed by X user?

Cole Praise January 15, 2025 0

Claim: An X user claims Telegram has only 30 employees. Verdict: True. Telegram founder Pavel Durov told...

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True! Representative Koon was invited by Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament for inauguration

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True! Representative Koon was invited by Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament for inauguration

Jackson C. Clay Jr. January 8, 2025 0

Claim: OKFM 99.5, a local radio station in Liberia has said Ghana’s Speaker officially invited Representative Richard...

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How community notes, Meta’s replacement for fact-checkers, work

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How community notes, Meta’s replacement for fact-checkers, work

Sunday Awosoro January 8, 2025 0

On Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025, Meta’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced the company’s decision to terminate its third-party...

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Meta’s discontinuation of third-party fact-checking programme blow to democracy—Dapo Olorunyomi

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Meta’s discontinuation of third-party fact-checking programme blow to democracy—Dapo Olorunyomi

Phillip Anjorin January 8, 2025 0

Dapo Olorunyomi, the Publisher of Premium Times, has criticised Meta’s decision to discontinue its third-party fact-checking programme...

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Facebook video showing Haaland apologising to Arteta, manipulated

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Facebook video showing Haaland apologising to Arteta, manipulated

Miracle Akubuo January 8, 2025 0

Claim: A Facebook page shared a video suggesting Haaland issued an open apology to Arteta. Verdict: Misleading!...

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Verifying Tinubu’s claims on Nigeria’s economic progress in New Year address

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Verifying Tinubu’s claims on Nigeria’s economic progress in New Year address

Phillip Anjorin January 8, 2025 0

Full Text Since Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president, addressed the nation in his January 2025 New Year speech,...

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Representative Richard Koon did not instruct Police IG to rid Fonati Koffa’s office

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Representative Richard Koon did not instruct Police IG to rid Fonati Koffa’s office

Lee N. Monjue January 7, 2025 0

Claim: An online blog “LOM News” alleges that Representative Richard Koon instructed Police Inspector General Gregory Coleman...

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IFCN Director reacts to Meta’s discontinuation of third-party fact-checking in the US

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IFCN Director reacts to Meta’s discontinuation of third-party fact-checking in the US

Mohammed Taoheed January 7, 2025 0

The Director of the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), Angie Holan,  has reacted to Meta’s decision to halt...

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