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Fact-checking viral claim Assistant Commissioner of Police was arrested for kidnapping

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Fact-checking viral claim Assistant Commissioner of Police was arrested for kidnapping

Uchenna Igwe March 18, 2021 0

CLAIM: a Twitter user (@SDiaso) shared a picture claiming that an Assistant Commissioner of Police was arrested...

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Fact Checks of the Week

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Fact Checks of the Week

Dubawa March 15, 2021 0

Purported CNN bulletin photo claiming vaccinated COVID-19 patients eat other patients in hospital is fabricated Following the...

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Nigerian Ex-lawmaker makes spurious claims about Astrazeneca vaccine, mostly false

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Nigerian Ex-lawmaker makes spurious claims about Astrazeneca vaccine, mostly false

Lois Ugbede March 13, 2021 3

Claim: Senator Dino Melaye in a video shared on Instagram made spurious claims about the AstraZeneca vaccine...

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A post on USSD codes to lock bank accounts went viral recently – we checked if they are functional

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A post on USSD codes to lock bank accounts went viral recently – we checked if they are functional

Lois Ugbede March 12, 2021 0

Claim: A Twitter thread claims the use of emergency codes by banks and SIM locking protects your...

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Incident where “Armed robbers tie-up staff, sell fuel for 3 hours,” occurred in Zimbabwe, not Nigeria

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Incident where “Armed robbers tie-up staff, sell fuel for 3 hours,” occurred in Zimbabwe, not Nigeria

Silas Jonathan March 10, 2021 0

A user on Twitter claims that armed robbers tied up the staff of a certain filling station...

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Is there an ‘Economic Restructuring Bill’ to bring Nigerian states to 42?

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Is there an ‘Economic Restructuring Bill’ to bring Nigerian states to 42?

Alao Abiodun March 8, 2021 0

Claim: A viral WhatsApp post entitled “Below is the purported kite being flown by the Federal Government...

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Photo used to depict Marcus Rashford as suya seller fake

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Photo used to depict Marcus Rashford as suya seller fake

Silas Jonathan March 8, 2021 0

Claim: a user on Twitter shared  a collage photo he claims to be Marcus Rashford before he purportedly left...

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Nine things to know about COVID-19 vaccine that recently arrived Nigeria

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Nine things to know about COVID-19 vaccine that recently arrived Nigeria

Dubawa March 8, 2021 1

By Nike Adebowale, Ebuka Onyeji Nigeria on Tuesday received the first batch of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines through...

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COVID-19: Nine things to know about vaccine that recently arrived Nigeria

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COVID-19: Nine things to know about vaccine that recently arrived Nigeria

Nike Adebowale, Ebuka Onyeji March 3, 2021 0

Nigeria is one of 92 countries that will receive the free Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccines through COVAX.

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‘Latest Obasanjo letter’ in circulation written in 2019

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‘Latest Obasanjo letter’ in circulation written in 2019

Adejumo Kabir March 3, 2021 0

It was written a week after the killing of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Yoruba leader, Reuben Fasoranti.

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