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

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...

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How true is claim that the new COVID-19 variant in Nigeria has shorter incubation period?

Lois Ugbede January 18, 2021

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims the incubation period of the new variant of COVID-19 in Nigeria...

Special ‘COVID Vaccine’ Not Made To Experiment On Africans

Kunle Adebajo January 18, 2021

Claim: Remdesivir has been restricted to vaccinate people in African countries in order to experiment on them...

Recirculated WhatsApp message makes spurious claims about COVID-19 – all false

Lois Ugbede January 14, 2021

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims the Italian Ministry of Health has discovered that COIVD-19 is not...

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

How true is claim that the new COVID-19 variant in Nigeria has shorter incubation period?

Special ‘COVID Vaccine’ Not Made To Experiment On Africans

Recirculated WhatsApp message makes spurious claims about COVID-19 – all false

Economy

Verifying claims on Garri’s health risk

Misleading video used to depict ISWAP attack in Sokoto

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Suspected terrorist in viral video arrested in Kwara, not Zamfara