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Was Naira Marley’s house attacked over Mohbad’s death, as videos suggest? Mohbad-and-Naira-Marley

Was Naira Marley’s house attacked over Mohbad’s death, as videos suggest?

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo September 15, 2023

Claim: Young people attacked the house of Nigerian musician Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, following...

Lagos intra-city rail is West Africa’s second urban rail line Lagos Blueline Rail

Lagos intra-city rail is West Africa’s second urban rail line

Phillip Anjorin September 14, 2023

Claim: A Facebook user posted that the recently commissioned intra-city rail in Lagos state is the second...

Journalists in West Africa to benefit from Comprehensive Training Initiative on Digital Verification and Fact-Checking

Dubawa September 13, 2023

In an effort to foster higher standards of journalism in West Africa, the Google News Initiative (GNI)...

DUBAWA trains civil society, state actors in Liberia on fact-checking, disinformation

Jackson C. Clay Jr. September 12, 2023

DUBAWA, the fact-checking arm of the Center for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID), has commenced a three-day...

Court of appeal or tribunal? What we know about PEPT PEPT

Court of appeal or tribunal? What we know about PEPT

Phillip Anjorin September 12, 2023

Full Text In the aftermath of the February 2023 General election in Nigeria that brought in Bola...

Major electoral offences in Liberia’s 2023 presidential and legislative elections Google image, Headquarters of the National Elections Commission of Liberia

Google image, Headquarters of the National Elections Commission of Liberia

Major electoral offences in Liberia’s 2023 presidential and legislative elections

Jackson C. Clay Jr. September 12, 2023

Next month, Liberians will elect new leaders in the presidential and legislative elections. It will be the...

Mohamed Kamarainba Mansaray. Photo source: Facebook

FALSE! Former Presidential Candidate Kamarainba not dead

Mohamed Jaward Nyallay September 12, 2023

Claim: News circulating on WhatsApp claimed that former ADP Presidential candidate Mohamed Kamarinba Mansaray who raped a...

Photo depicting Hushpuppi’s return from jail, old

Sunday Awosoro September 12, 2023

Claim: Hushpuppi has been released from prison. Verdict: The claim is false. Hushpuppi is still serving his...

FALSE! INEC did not redeploy staffers from Abuja

Cole Praise September 11, 2023

CLAIM: INEC relocates ICT staffers from Abuja ahead of a rerun election. VERDICT: FALSE. There is no...

TRUE! Congo military carried out massacre in Goma amidst protest Members of a religious sect in Goma rounded up by the military.

TRUE! Congo military carried out massacre in Goma amidst protest

Cole Praise September 7, 2023

CLAIM: The Congolese army, FARDC, deployed its forces to attack the protesting civilians of Goma. VERDICT: TRUE....

Was Naira Marley’s house attacked over Mohbad’s death, as videos suggest?

Lagos intra-city rail is West Africa’s second urban rail line

Journalists in West Africa to benefit from Comprehensive Training Initiative on Digital Verification and Fact-Checking

DUBAWA trains civil society, state actors in Liberia on fact-checking, disinformation

Court of appeal or tribunal? What we know about PEPT

Major electoral offences in Liberia’s 2023 presidential and legislative elections

FALSE! Former Presidential Candidate Kamarainba not dead

Photo depicting Hushpuppi’s return from jail, old

FALSE! INEC did not redeploy staffers from Abuja

TRUE! Congo military carried out massacre in Goma amidst protest

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Claim Musa Tombo and spouse, Memzo, welcome child, fake

FALSE! No Christian ethnic militias attacked Muslim travellers at Mangu, Plateau state

US/Israel-Iran war: Why condoms, safe sex may soon cost more in Nigeria

Altered video of python at Okomo farm plantation misleads many