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Dubawa June 21, 2021

A weekly newsletter that takes a closer look at the aspects of truth and falsehood in recent...

Obasanjo’s ‘recent’ open letter to Buhari not new obasanjo-buhari2

Obasanjo’s ‘recent’ open letter to Buhari not new

Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle June 20, 2021

Claim: Nigeria’s Daily Post newspaper, on June 13, 2021 published a news story which claimed that former...

Misleading headline leads readers to believe President Buhari is dead

Silas Jonathan June 18, 2021

Claim: A news headline outlines that “JUST IN: Buhari Shot Dead By Gunmen In Edo” The headline...

Studies suggest COVID-19 was recorded in the US before being detected in China

Lois Ugbede June 18, 2021

New studies suggest coronavirus (COVID-19) appeared in the U.S. as early as December 2019, weeks before cases...

Festus Keyamo did not author viral ‘MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS’ Message Festus-Keyamo

Festus Keyamo did not author viral ‘MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS’ Message

Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle June 18, 2021

Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle Claim: A viral WhatsApp message titled ‘FESTUS KEYAMO DROPS THE MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS –...

Is ITF mobile the first made-in-Nigeria phone? PRESIDENT-BUHARI-PRESENTED-WITH-NIGERIAN-MADE-HANDS-SET-MOBILE-A

Is ITF mobile the first made-in-Nigeria phone?

Tope Omogbolagun June 16, 2021

Claim: President Muhammadu Buhari takes delivery of the first ever Nigeria-made cell phone called ITF Mobile. No,...

Fact-checking Senator Brown’s claim that no President has moved into Liberia’s Executive Mansion since the killing of President William R. Tolbert

Wremongar Joe June 15, 2021

Claim: Senator J. Gblehbo Brown says no President has moved into Liberia’s executive mansion since the killing...

Twitter did not ban Buhari as claimed in Trump’s viral statement buhari trump

Twitter did not ban Buhari as claimed in Trump’s viral statement

Faith Adeoye June 14, 2021

Claim: The former President of the United States, Donald Trump, in a congratulatory message to Nigeria over...

No school children kidnapped in Ondo bus hijack as claimed by Shehu Sani Shehu-Sani

No school children kidnapped in Ondo bus hijack as claimed by Shehu Sani

Tope Omogbolagun June 14, 2021

Claim: Shehu Sani, a Nigerian politician, tweeted that some students were kidnapped in Ondo State. Available evidence...

General Faruk Yahaya is 22nd COAS, not 26th as widely reported in media yahaha faruk

General Faruk Yahaya is 22nd COAS, not 26th as widely reported in media

Lami Sadiq June 14, 2021

Claim: Multiple sources have portrayed Nigeria’s new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Faruk Yahaya, as the...

Obasanjo’s ‘recent’ open letter to Buhari not new

Misleading headline leads readers to believe President Buhari is dead

Studies suggest COVID-19 was recorded in the US before being detected in China

Festus Keyamo did not author viral ‘MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS’ Message

Is ITF mobile the first made-in-Nigeria phone?

Fact-checking Senator Brown’s claim that no President has moved into Liberia’s Executive Mansion since the killing of President William R. Tolbert

Twitter did not ban Buhari as claimed in Trump’s viral statement

No school children kidnapped in Ondo bus hijack as claimed by Shehu Sani

General Faruk Yahaya is 22nd COAS, not 26th as widely reported in media

Economy

FALSE! No Christian ethnic militias attacked Muslim travellers at Mangu, Plateau state

US/Israel-Iran war: Why condoms, safe sex may soon cost more in Nigeria

Altered video of python at Okomo farm plantation misleads many

False! FG did not announce N300bn to expand two time zones in Nigeria