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Did Volkswagen return to Nigeria after 20 years of exit?
A Facebook user, Progressive Nigerian Politics, on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, shared a post, claiming that Volkswagen has returned to Nigeria after 20 years.
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Man caught selling vulture as suya not recent
DUBAWA carried out a Google reverse image search on the shared post. The result led us to a similar post made on Facebook on Sept. 25, 2012.
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Fact Check
Photo of arrested ‘Yoruba’ ritual suspect, misleading
While such claims may not be unusual, the disinformation fueled by ethnic bias and hatred is concerning, so DUBAWA conducted this fact-check to set the record straight.
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Video of Japan landslide falsely used to portray Maiduguri flood scene
Findings indicate that the video used to portray a recent flood scene in Maiduguri had been online for three years and originated from Japan. The claim by an X user that the video is about the recent Maiduguri flood is false.
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Fact Check
Purported image of hate speech instigator Amaka Sonnberger in handcuffs, not true
The picture is not of Ms Sonnberger but of Georgia state congressional representative, Nikema Williams, who was arrested with 15 others while protesting in the state Capitol, in the wake of the 2018 midterm elections.
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Misleading! NNPC did not announce new location to purchase fuel at N200
Contrary to the claim, the NNPC’s spokesperson dismissed the claim as untrue. Besides, no credible news outlet reported such a development.
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Facebook Checks
FACT-CHECK: Did Hilda Baci celebrate being virgin at 29?
Celebrity chef Hilda Baci is trending due to claims that she is a virgin at 29.
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Website posing as NIN correction portal, fake
We found that the website link is different from the original NIMC website. The link posted also shows the characteristics of a phishing website.
