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False! Senator Johnson won more than 50% of total registered votes in Nimba County

• Elections
• Fact Check
• Liberia

False! Senator Johnson won more than 50% of total registered votes in Nimba County

Jackson C. Clay Jr. May 17, 2023 0

Claim:  Abu Sherif, a Liberian journalist, claimed, “Prince Johnson Could not Get at least 50% of the...

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Peter Obi’s legal team members not only Igbos, as claimed by Twitter users

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• Politics

Peter Obi’s legal team members not only Igbos, as claimed by Twitter users

Lois Ugbede May 16, 2023 0

Claim: Peter Obi’s legal team comprises only Igbo lawyers and is the same legal team representing the...

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To promote content, verified Twitter account mislead followers with Lagos’ billionaire claim

• Economy
• Fact Check

To promote content, verified Twitter account mislead followers with Lagos’ billionaire claim

Phillip Anjorin May 16, 2023 0

Claim: A Twitter user claimed 6000 billionaires reside in Lagos state. Verdict: FALSE. The claim is inaccurate....

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False! Tinubu not giving N20,000 as swearing-in celebration fund

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• Politics

False! Tinubu not giving N20,000 as swearing-in celebration fund

Cole Praise May 15, 2023 0

Claim: Bola Tinubu is doling N20,000 to Nigerians as swearing-in ceremony funds. Verdict: FALSE. Our findings show...

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

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• Mainstream

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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• Health

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

• Explainers
• Health
• Yoruba

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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• Mainstream

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

• African Languages
• Hausa
• Mainstream

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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