Education
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Viral release accuses WAEC staff of indulging in examination malpractice, false
Claim: A press release purported to have emanated from the West African Examination Council – Sierra Leone (WAEC-SL) has gone…
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FUOYE resumption not 3rd October as viral calendar portrayed
Recently, a new revised calendar began to circulate on WhatsApp with news that FUOYE will resume academic activities on the…
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Contrary to claim, pidgin not compulsory course at Delta State University
Campus Catch Nigeria, a Facebook blog, recently posted that Delta State University (DELSU), in Abraka, Delta State has now made…
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Federal Poly Offa not recruiting as viral post claimed
The post asked interested candidates to forward their credentials, curriculum vitae (CV), and other information to the college.
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False! Liberia is not least in poverty and education in Africa
Claim: The President of the Liberia Council of Churches (LCC) and senior pastor of the historic Providence Baptist Church, Rev.…
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False! Kogi State University not giving students free food
Claim: A Facebook blog posted that Kogi State University (KSU) feeds its students “soup and fufu” before morning lectures. Verdict:…
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Picture of students sitting on mud blocks in flooded classroom, not from Nigeria
Claim: A Twitter user shared a picture of a flooded mud classroom alleged to have happened in Nigeria. Verdict: The…
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Why Nigeria needs to incorporate solutions journalism, media literacy, others into university curriculum
A few days after I advocated the inclusion of Solutions Journalism into journalism education at an event in Ibadan, the…
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How Twitter accounts misinform followers during ASUU strike
In previous fact-checks by DUBAWA, ASUU disclosed that it has no official Twitter handle. Therefore, these handles spreading the information…
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Recent claim ASUU president’s daughter graduated from US’ university false
A description on the pictures reads: “This is Juliana Chidera Victor Osodeke, Emmanuel Osodeke's 21-year-old Last Daughter Who Recently Graduated…
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