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False! Woman in viral picture beaten by male assailants, not daughter-in-law 

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False! Woman in viral picture beaten by male assailants, not daughter-in-law 

Justina Asishana July 2, 2025 0

Claim: A Facebook page (Female in Africa) on June 1, 2025, posted a picture of a woman...

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Round-Up: Seven trending claims fact-checked this week 

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Round-Up: Seven trending claims fact-checked this week 

Mohammed Taoheed June 29, 2025 0

As expected, the third week of June 2025 came with its share of misinformation and disinformation.  Below...

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Synthetic footage used to depict survivor of India-London plane crash

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Synthetic footage used to depict survivor of India-London plane crash

Rejoice Taddy June 29, 2025 0

Claim: A Facebook user @Tari-Moni Plus Hela Province shared a video showing a woman who missed Air...

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False! AC water not equivalent to distilled water; it’s unsafe for batteries

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False! AC water not equivalent to distilled water; it’s unsafe for batteries

Olaide Abioye June 27, 2025 0

Claim: Gossip blog Gistlover, in a viral Facebook post, claimed that AC water is equivalent to distilled...

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Old blast footage recirculated as US strikes in Iran

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Old blast footage recirculated as US strikes in Iran

Sunday Awosoro June 27, 2025 0

Claim: Facebook users share two video clips with claims that they were from the recent airstrikes executed...

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How X users are exploiting Grok AI’s prompt to ‘undress’ women, violate privacy policy

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How X users are exploiting Grok AI’s prompt to ‘undress’ women, violate privacy policy

Caleb Ijioma June 24, 2025 0

Grok is a generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s X as a “truth-seeking” companion...

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Video showing Israeli soldier pleading with Iran to stop attacks, AI-generated

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Video showing Israeli soldier pleading with Iran to stop attacks, AI-generated

Caleb Ijioma June 24, 2025 0

Claim: Video shows an Israeli soldier pleading with Iran to stop attacks. Verdict: False. The video is...

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Aṣinilọna ni àwòrán to ṣ’afihan ibi ti àwọn ọmọ Yoruba ti péjọ fun ounje ajeku

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Aṣinilọna ni àwòrán to ṣ’afihan ibi ti àwọn ọmọ Yoruba ti péjọ fun ounje ajeku

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo June 24, 2025 0

Ahesọ: Olumulo ikanni abẹyẹfo, Marquis Of Infamy (@Unabombaar), fi àwòrán kan ti o ṣ’afihan àwọn eniyan ti...

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Is Liberian artist King Dennis dead?

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Is Liberian artist King Dennis dead?

Laymah Kollie June 23, 2025 0

Claim: The Midnight Blogs posted in a Facebook group (Local News Liberia) that Liberian artist King Dennis...

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Picture used to show Yorubas waiting for leftovers at Lagos Igbo Hangout, misleading 

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Picture used to show Yorubas waiting for leftovers at Lagos Igbo Hangout, misleading 

Raphael Obasiohia June 22, 2025 0

Claim: An X user, Marquis Of Infamy (@Unabombaar), posted a photo of people standing in a queue...

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