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Viral video of Messi crying after World Cup final defeat, AI-generated

Viral video of Messi crying after World Cup final defeat, AI-generated

Viral video of Messi crying after World Cup final defeat, AI-generated

Gloria Wleh July 28, 2026

Claim: A video of Argentina’s captain, Lionel Messi, is going viral, purportedly showing him accusing the referee...

Misleading video used to claim bandits were set ablaze in Kebbi State

Misleading video used to claim bandits were set ablaze in Kebbi State

Misleading video used to claim bandits were set ablaze in Kebbi State

Mutalib Jibril July 28, 2026

Claim: A Facebook user, D English Alhaji, shared a video, claiming that four bandits were killed and...

How social media, anonymous websites fuel Nigeria’s unregulated weight-loss injection market

How social media, anonymous websites fuel Nigeria's unregulated weight-loss injection market

How social media, anonymous websites fuel Nigeria’s unregulated weight-loss injection market

Mariam Ileyemi July 28, 2026

Toke Makinwa, a popular media personality, disclosed in a Snapchat post on May 6, 2026, that she...

Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month: What you need to know about this childhood disease

Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month: What you need to know about this childhood disease

Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month: What you need to know about this childhood disease

Lademi Aborisade July 28, 2026

Full Text July is Juvenile Arthritis (JA) Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness of JA and...

Viral post falsely frames Niger State communal conflict as Fulani terrorist attack

Viral post falsely frames Niger State communal conflict as Fulani terrorist attack

Viral post falsely frames Niger State communal conflict as Fulani terrorist attack

Abdulsalam Baba Mahmud July 26, 2026

Claim: A viral Facebook post shares a video claiming to show a reprisal attack by Fulani terrorists...

Inside Nigeria’s unregulated taser market where legal loopholes allow unchecked sale, use

Inside Nigeria’s unregulated taser market where legal loopholes allow unchecked sale, use

Inside Nigeria’s unregulated taser market where legal loopholes allow unchecked sale, use

Mohammed Taoheed July 26, 2026

Sometime in February 2025, a criminal gang held Mary Aderemi after she boarded a taxi in Abuja,...

Weekly round-up: Claims on Niger state, Peter Obi, Lagos flood, others top claims verified last week

Weekly round-up: Claims on Niger state, Peter Obi, Lagos flood, others top claims verified last week

Weekly round-up: Claims on Niger state, Peter Obi, Lagos flood, others top claims verified last week

Phillip Anjorin July 26, 2026

The penultimate week of July 2026 saw misleading and false claims about governance, flooding, and security issues. ...

Viral video of bandits cooking human flesh, misleading

Viral video of bandits cooking human flesh, misleading

Viral video of bandits cooking human flesh, misleading

Abdulsalam Baba Mahmud July 26, 2026

Claim: Social media users on X, Facebook, and Instagram shared a video claiming it shows armed bandits...

Did Federal High Court reject bid to remove Arabic inscription from Nigerian Army logo?

Did Federal High Court reject bid to remove Arabic inscription from Nigerian Army logo?

Juliet Buna July 26, 2026

Claim: A Facebook user, Musa Muhammad Tajudeen, claims that the Federal High Court of Nigeria rejected a...

Did PDP endorse Tinubu for second term?

Did PDP endorse Tinubu for second term?

Did PDP endorse Tinubu for second term?

Amarachi Onwuzulike July 26, 2026

Claim: An X user claims that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has officially endorsed Bola Tinubu for...

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