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True! Leprosy spreads through respiratory droplets and face masks help curb its spread

Lois Ugbede January 28, 2021

Claim: A viral meme claims that the bacteria that causes Leprosy is spread through airborne respiratory droplets...

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Does consumption of coconut trigger cough?

Atinuke Seun-Ige January 27, 2021

Claim: Twitter users claim that eating coconut causes coughing. It is not true. Well processed and channeled...

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President Biden’s speech on US’ COVID-19 plans slanted

Silas Jonathan January 27, 2021

Claim: A 13 seconds video shared on Twitter by Disclose. tv claims that President Biden said “there...

Farmers/herders crisis: Old letter by Alaafin of Oyo recirculated as a recent message to Buhari

Lois Ugbede January 25, 2021

Claim: A report by the Peoples Gazette claims the Alaafin of Oyo wrote the President on the...

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Why Conspiracy Theories Can Be As Misleading As They Are Convincing

Kunle Adebajo January 25, 2021

The spread of the new coronavirus variant and the panic it has created have led to the...

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True! Disproportionate use of this ingredient in hair dye can make your head, face swell

Ifedayo Ogunyemi January 25, 2021

CLAIM 1: P-phenylenediamine (PPD) in hair dye causes head swelling. P-phenylenediamine causes irritation and head swelling. P-phenylenediamine...

Video claiming COVID-19 vaccines weaponised to depopulate the world, eliminate Africans false

Lois Ugbede January 22, 2021

Claim: A viral video clip claims vaccines are targeted at eliminating Africans. The claim that vaccines are...

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How True is Claim Anambra Owes over ₦200bn Debt?

Nurudeen Lawal January 22, 2021

Claim: A Twitter user, Nnamdi Chife (@NnamdiChife), claimed in a tweet that Anambra state is owing “a...

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Claim that FG is offering N10,500 weekly as COVID-19 second wave grant is a fraudulent

Silas Jonathan January 20, 2021

Claim: a certain web-based message going round on WhatsApp claims that the Federal Government is offering N10,500...

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Old, Foreign Photos Recycled As Recent Military Raid Of Terrorist Camp

Kunle Adebajo January 19, 2021

Claim: The Nigerian military recently raided an enclave of Boko Haram terrorists inside the Sambisa Forest, seizing...

True! Leprosy spreads through respiratory droplets and face masks help curb its spread

Does consumption of coconut trigger cough?

President Biden’s speech on US’ COVID-19 plans slanted

Farmers/herders crisis: Old letter by Alaafin of Oyo recirculated as a recent message to Buhari

Why Conspiracy Theories Can Be As Misleading As They Are Convincing

True! Disproportionate use of this ingredient in hair dye can make your head, face swell

Video claiming COVID-19 vaccines weaponised to depopulate the world, eliminate Africans false

How True is Claim Anambra Owes over ₦200bn Debt?

Claim that FG is offering N10,500 weekly as COVID-19 second wave grant is a fraudulent

Old, Foreign Photos Recycled As Recent Military Raid Of Terrorist Camp

Economy

Altered video of python at Okomo farm plantation misleads many

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

False! Nigerian Army did not arrest 488 Boko Haram members in Abia

Double promotion letter from Federal University, Ado-Ekiti, false