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DUBAWA trains Journalists in Liberia on Fact-checking and Digital Verification Journalists attending the fact-checking and digital verification training.

Journalists attending the fact-checking and digital verification training.

DUBAWA trains Journalists in Liberia on Fact-checking and Digital Verification

Caroline Anipah August 25, 2023

Nimba, Liberia August 21, 2023 The Fact-checking, Verification and Media Literacy arm of the Centre for Journalism...

Did Russian aeroplane convey Wagner group soldiers to coup-ravaged Niger Republic?

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo August 25, 2023

Claim: Russian Airplane with registration number: RA-76845 conveyed Wagner group soldiers to Niger Republic on Sunday, August...

True! Passengers can fly from Lagos to Ibadan with N6,500 Lagos-Murtala-Muhammed-Airport-400x300

True! Passengers can fly from Lagos to Ibadan with N6,500

Sunday Awosoro August 24, 2023

Claim: An Ibadan-based medium posted on Facebook that Nigerians can now fly from Lagos to Ibadan with...

TRUE! There is a place called Abeokuta in Jamaica

Lademi Aborisade August 21, 2023

Claim: A Facebook page post that there is a place in Jamaica called Abeokuta. Verdict: TRUE! According...

Algeria not giving free electricity to Niger Niger powerline

Algeria not giving free electricity to Niger

Phillip Anjorin August 21, 2023

Claim: A political stalwart of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Adamu Garba II, has claimed via his...

TRUE! Cameroonian footballer Marc-Vivien Foé died on field Marc-Vivien_Foé,_2003

TRUE! Cameroonian footballer Marc-Vivien Foé died on field

Lademi Aborisade August 21, 2023

Claim: Marc-Vivien Foé, while representing Cameroon in the semi-final of the Confederations Cup against Colombia, collapsed at...

Ǹjẹ́ ẹ ti rí fọ́nrán akálékáko tó ṣ’àfihàn ibi tí wọ́n ti n kun èso ápù l’ọda? Aṣinílọ́nà ni

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo August 18, 2023

Ahesọ: Fọ́nrán akálékáko kan lórí ìkànnì ibaraẹnisọrẹ Facebook ṣ’àfihàn ibi ti wọn ti n fi kẹ́míkà apanilara...

MISLEADING! Lauren James faces two-match ban, not tournament ban Lauren Adozie

MISLEADING! Lauren James faces two-match ban, not tournament ban

Cole Praise August 17, 2023

CLAIM: FIFA bans Lauren James for the rest of the tournament after the red card. VERDICT: MISLEADING....

Claim 37-year-old South African woman gave birth to decuplets, false Gosiame Sithole

Claim 37-year-old South African woman gave birth to decuplets, false

Cole Praise August 16, 2023

CLAIM: 37-year-old South African woman delivers decuplets to break a world record. VERDICT: FALSE. The Guinness World...

Irọ́ ni o! Ààrẹ Tinubu ò se ìdádúró àwọn ilé-ẹjọ́ gẹgẹbi ìròyìn yìí tí wi Photo of President Tinubu on sickbed, photoshopped

Irọ́ ni o! Ààrẹ Tinubu ò se ìdádúró àwọn ilé-ẹjọ́ gẹgẹbi ìròyìn yìí tí wi

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo August 15, 2023

AHESỌ: Tinubu gbegi dina àwọn ilé ẹjọ kọọkan ni Nàìjíríà kí wọn má bàá le kúrò ní...

DUBAWA trains Journalists in Liberia on Fact-checking and Digital Verification

Did Russian aeroplane convey Wagner group soldiers to coup-ravaged Niger Republic?

True! Passengers can fly from Lagos to Ibadan with N6,500

TRUE! There is a place called Abeokuta in Jamaica

Algeria not giving free electricity to Niger

TRUE! Cameroonian footballer Marc-Vivien Foé died on field

Ǹjẹ́ ẹ ti rí fọ́nrán akálékáko tó ṣ’àfihàn ibi tí wọ́n ti n kun èso ápù l’ọda? Aṣinílọ́nà ni

MISLEADING! Lauren James faces two-match ban, not tournament ban

Claim 37-year-old South African woman gave birth to decuplets, false

Irọ́ ni o! Ààrẹ Tinubu ò se ìdádúró àwọn ilé-ẹjọ́ gẹgẹbi ìròyìn yìí tí wi

Economy

Weekly Round-Up: Five trending claims DUBAWA verified this week

What you need to know about 2026 supplementary voter registration in Gambia

DUBAWA, DAIDAC’s 2026 Kwame Karikari Fact-checking and OSINT fellowship commence with 13 journalists

FG ban on “Dr” prefix for honorary degree holders, incomplete