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FALSE! Images of R. Kelly performing at prison concert AI generated

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FALSE! Images of R. Kelly performing at prison concert AI generated

Cole Praise May 11, 2023 0

CLAIM: Twitter user shared images of R. Kelly performing in prison, suggesting he is selling out shows...

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Footage of ‘mysterious fire’ burning on top of water at Lagos, not recent

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Footage of ‘mysterious fire’ burning on top of water at Lagos, not recent

Sunday Awosoro May 9, 2023 0

Claim: A clip showing fire burning on a body of water, said to be Lekki Beach. Verdict:...

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How COVID-19 ‘died’ a natural death in Nigeria

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How COVID-19 ‘died’ a natural death in Nigeria

Lois Ugbede May 9, 2023 0

Full Text Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a communicable respiratory disease that originated in Wuhan, China, in 2019, shut...

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Ààrùn yinrunyinrun: Gbogbo oun tí o ní láti mọ̀ nípa àpẹẹrẹ àìsàn, okùnfà, ìdènà àìsàn àti ìtọ́jú

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Ààrùn yinrunyinrun: Gbogbo oun tí o ní láti mọ̀ nípa àpẹẹrẹ àìsàn, okùnfà, ìdènà àìsàn àti ìtọ́jú

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo May 4, 2023 1

Ìròyìn lẹkunrẹrẹ  Lọdọọdun ni àjàkálẹ̀ ààrùn yinrunyinrun máa n bé sílẹ̀ ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà, pàápàá jùlọ ní...

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Twitter Blue: New leadership steering into more revenue-generating tendencies, leaving users with uncertainties

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Twitter Blue: New leadership steering into more revenue-generating tendencies, leaving users with uncertainties

Cole Praise May 3, 2023 0

In 2022, before billionaire and technocrat Elon Musk took over Twitter, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) had...

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Matar da ke shan tabar Hookah a hoton da ke yawo ba ‘yar takarar gwamnar jihar Legas a inuwar LP ba ce kamar yadda ake zargi

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Matar da ke shan tabar Hookah a hoton da ke yawo ba ‘yar takarar gwamnar jihar Legas a inuwar LP ba ce kamar yadda ake zargi

Lois Ugbede, Christiana Amodu-Otinyia May 1, 2023 0

Zargi: “Hoton matar da ya bazu ko’ina a soshiyal mediya tana shan tabar hookah ‘yar takarar mataimakiyar...

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Malami’s comments on Nigerian journalists’ safety, false

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Malami’s comments on Nigerian journalists’ safety, false

Benedicta Akpede May 1, 2023 0

Full Text  With only a few weeks to the end of his tenure, President Muhammadu Buhari and...

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Ibà Lassa: Títànkálẹ̀ àìsàn, àmì, ìtọ́jú, àti ìdènà gẹ́gẹ́ bí àjọ NCDC ṣe kéde pàjáwìrì lórílẹ̀-èdè.

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Ibà Lassa: Títànkálẹ̀ àìsàn, àmì, ìtọ́jú, àti ìdènà gẹ́gẹ́ bí àjọ NCDC ṣe kéde pàjáwìrì lórílẹ̀-èdè.

Sunday Awosoro April 28, 2023 0

Ní oṣù kẹta, ọdún 2023, àjọ tó rí sí ìṣàmójútó àrùn ní orílẹ̀-èdè Nàìjíríà “NCDC” ṣe ìkéde...

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Healthy lifestyle and exercise can reduce high blood pressure

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Healthy lifestyle and exercise can reduce high blood pressure

Lademi Aborisade April 28, 2023 0

Claim: A Facebook user claims that exercising and reducing salt and Maggi cannot reduce hypertension. Verdict: FALSE....

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Demystifying notion pap smear is only done for women with multiple sexual partners

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Demystifying notion pap smear is only done for women with multiple sexual partners

Lois Ugbede April 26, 2023 0

Myths around health issues are not new, but I was particularly stunned when I heard “Pap smear”...

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