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

22 October 2026

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Amarachi Onwuzulike · 185 views · Jun 10, 2026

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The Gambia · Momodou Janneh · 285 views · Jun 8, 2026

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Elizabeth Ogunbamowo · 215 views · Jun 7, 2026

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Image of beheaded bodies falsely linked to Oyo school abduction

Juliet Buna · 166 views · Jun 6, 2026

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Old image wrongly linked to Kogi school kidnapping

Juliet Buna · 198 views · Jun 5, 2026

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Does electricity cost more in Northern Nigeria than Southern?

Ukashatu Wakili · 531 views · Jun 5, 2026

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Viral claim China will control Sierra Leone’s Printing Press misleading

Sierra Leone · Davida Spaine Solomon · 194 views · Jun 4, 2026

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Image of patient on drip in open vehicle, not from Nigeria

Mariam Ileyemi · 202 views · Jun 3, 2026

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How Telegram’s regulatory failures, misinformation fuel prostitution in Nigeria

Simbiat Bakare · 808 views · Jun 3, 2026

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Ọ̀nà ti ẹ̀rọ àtẹ̀jíṣẹ́ Telegram, àti ìròyìn ofege ṣe n satileyin iṣẹ́ aṣéwó ni orile-ede Naijiria

Simbiat Bakare · 565 views · Jun 3, 2026

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Misleading! Biodegradable burial pods do not turn dead bodies into trees

Block TV Gambia recirculates old footage as recent attack on KMC Mayor

Cambodia’s alleged ultimatum, Oyo abduction, other top claims fact-checked last week

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How Telegram’s regulatory failures, misinformation fuel prostitution in Nigeria

Ọ̀nà ti ẹ̀rọ àtẹ̀jíṣẹ́ Telegram, àti ìròyìn ofege ṣe n satileyin iṣẹ́ aṣéwó ni orile-ede Naijiria