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#EndSARS: Desmond Elliot never called for social media regulation as widely claimed

Silas Jonathan November 2, 2020

Claim: Several news websites including ThewillNigeria, Naijadiary reported that Desmond Elliot called for the regulation of social...

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#EndSARS: The Trend And Threat Of Fake Social Media Accounts

Dubawa November 2, 2020

By Kunle Adebayo There are 33 million active monthly users of Facebook in Nigeria. There are also...

Misleading WhatsApp message gives breakdown of approved new teacher’s salary structure nigerian teacher

Misleading WhatsApp message gives breakdown of approved new teacher’s salary structure

Lois Ugbede October 31, 2020

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message gave a breakdown of the new teacher’s salary structure approved by President...

#EndSARS: Nigerian Army dispels #Lekkishootings as ‘Fake news’ but its evidences continue to shift

Silas Jonathan October 31, 2020

Claim: Overwhelming evidence aside, the Nigerian Army denies any role in the Lekki toll gate shootings on...

Some people believe sleeping under insecticide treated bed net is harmful but how true is this?

Atinuke Seun-Ige October 29, 2020

Claim: Several people believe that sleeping under a mosquito bed net treated with insecticide (or not treated)...

Again, Nigerians congratulate Okonjo-Iweala on landing WTO job but she’s not appointed yet

Atinuke Seun-Ige October 29, 2020

Claim: Media reports and social media users claimed that Dr. Okonjo-Iweala has emerged as the first female...

Viral Video suggesting ASUU chairman was slapped is FALSE Biodun-Ogunyemi-320x240

Viral Video suggesting ASUU chairman was slapped is FALSE

Samad Uthman October 28, 2020

CLAIM: That ASUU and federal government meeting ended in an altercation, and ASUU chairman, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi,...

Picture claiming Queen Elizabeth wrote condolence letter to Nigeria over Buhari’s death resurfaces, but FALSE buhari-queen-Queen-Elizabeth-II

Picture claiming Queen Elizabeth wrote condolence letter to Nigeria over Buhari’s death resurfaces, but FALSE

Samad Uthman October 28, 2020

CLAIM: The Queen of the United Kingdom, Her Royal Majesty, Elizabeth II wrote a condolence letter to...

Are 63% of young Nigerians jobless or underemployed as claimed recently? unemployment

Are 63% of young Nigerians jobless or underemployed as claimed recently?

Francis Arinze Iloani October 27, 2020

Claim: A twitter user, Ian Bremmer, claims that 63 percent of Nigerians under 30 are jobless or...

#WhereisBuhari: Again, social media claim Nigeria’s president is dead, with ‘evidence’

Silas Jonathan October 26, 2020

The #EndSARS protests in Nigeria will, beyond any skepticism, remain a significant episode in the chronology of...

Misleading WhatsApp message gives breakdown of approved new teacher’s salary structure

#EndSARS: Nigerian Army dispels #Lekkishootings as ‘Fake news’ but its evidences continue to shift

Some people believe sleeping under insecticide treated bed net is harmful but how true is this?

Again, Nigerians congratulate Okonjo-Iweala on landing WTO job but she’s not appointed yet

Viral Video suggesting ASUU chairman was slapped is FALSE

Picture claiming Queen Elizabeth wrote condolence letter to Nigeria over Buhari’s death resurfaces, but FALSE

Are 63% of young Nigerians jobless or underemployed as claimed recently?

#WhereisBuhari: Again, social media claim Nigeria’s president is dead, with ‘evidence’

Economy

Les femmes ne représentent pas 70% de la population mondiale

False! Cristiano Ronaldo did not give his Al Nassr teammates Rolls-Royce

False! Ebola not in Liberia

Video used to portray Trump sexually assaulting man, digitally altered