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Fact-checking viral claim Assistant Commissioner of Police was arrested for kidnapping

Uchenna Igwe · 120 views · Mar 18, 2021

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A post on USSD codes to lock bank accounts went viral recently – we checked if they are functional

Lois Ugbede · 499 views · Mar 12, 2021

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Incident where “Armed robbers tie-up staff, sell fuel for 3 hours,” occurred in Zimbabwe, not Nigeria

Silas Jonathan · 133 views · Mar 10, 2021

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Dated, unrelated pictures used to depict attacks on Fulani herdsmen in Ogun

Silas Jonathan · 79 views · Feb 8, 2021

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Farmers/herders crisis: Old letter by Alaafin of Oyo recirculated as a recent message to Buhari

Lois Ugbede · 68 views · Jan 25, 2021

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Claim that FG is offering N10,500 weekly as COVID-19 second wave grant is a fraudulent

Silas Jonathan · 115 views · Jan 20, 2021

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Old, Foreign Photos Recycled As Recent Military Raid Of Terrorist Camp

Kunle Adebajo · 86 views · Jan 19, 2021

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These Aren’t Photos Of Weapons Donated To Boko Haram By France

Kunle Adebajo · 79 views · Jan 11, 2021

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Phishing link claims the WHO is giving out 500 Euros support

Lois Ugbede · 140 views · Jan 5, 2021

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Email purportedly from Gtbank requests customers details to link their NIN but it’s a scam mask

Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi · 215 views · Jan 4, 2021

Image used to depict arrest of suspected attacker in Niger, misleading

Misleading! Christian family not forced to convert as viral video claims

Images of Atiku, Tambuwal receiving bandit kingpin into ADC, AI-generated

False! Terrorists did not kill 100 in Sokoto, as Facebook user claimed

Facebook, Instagram users delete blasphemy post after DUBAWA’s fact-check

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Image used to depict arrest of suspected attacker in Niger, misleading

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Fact-checking viral claim Assistant Commissioner of Police was arrested for kidnapping

A post on USSD codes to lock bank accounts went viral recently – we checked if they are functional

Incident where “Armed robbers tie-up staff, sell fuel for 3 hours,” occurred in Zimbabwe, not Nigeria

Dated, unrelated pictures used to depict attacks on Fulani herdsmen in Ogun

Farmers/herders crisis: Old letter by Alaafin of Oyo recirculated as a recent message to Buhari

Claim that FG is offering N10,500 weekly as COVID-19 second wave grant is a fraudulent

Old, Foreign Photos Recycled As Recent Military Raid Of Terrorist Camp

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Phishing link claims the WHO is giving out 500 Euros support

Email purportedly from Gtbank requests customers details to link their NIN but it’s a scam mask