Security
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Video of soldier inviting Wike to Sambisa forest, AI-generated
Claim: A Facebook user, Ezenkwa TV, shared a video showing a military officer inviting the minister of the Federal Capital…
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Image of apprehended terrorist linked to Taraba, not Benue
Claim: An X user shared an image of apprehended terrorists and linked it to Benue State. Verdict: Misleading! Evidence from…
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Misleading! US did not initiate the recent airstrikes in Kaduna
Claim: Facebook and X users claim that the US has launched an airstrike in Kaduna. Verdict: Misleading! While an airstrike…
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Video of criminals breaking into a shop, not from Liberia
Claim: Yekeh Kolubah blog posted on Facebook a video purported to be of criminals breaking into a store at night…
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Facebook video showing Boko Haram celebrating seizure of military barracks unrelated
Claim: An X user posted a video claiming that Boko Haram has taken over several military barracks in Nigeria. Verdict:…
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2024 airstrike image falsely used to suggest military operation in Kwara
Claim: An X post claimed that the Nigerian Air Force conducted multiple air strikes in a troubled community in Kwara…
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No evidence Zamfara sent 500 Askarawa men to fight bandits on their own
Claim: A Facebook post claims Zamfara’s governor deployed about 500 vigilantes, also known as Askarawa, to tackle insecurity by “taking…
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No, INTERPOL did not issue an arrest warrant for Burkina Faso’s Captain Traoré
Claim: A Facebook user, Grace Harriet Konyen, claimed that the International Criminal Police Organisation INTERPOL had issued an arrest warrant…
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Contrary to popular claim, Nigeria Police not removing pockets from officers’ uniform
Claim: Several Facebook posts suggest that the Federal Government has removed pockets from Nigerian police uniforms to curb bribery. Verdict:…
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Did Nigeria’s National Assembly pass a new Cybercrime Act into law?
Claim: Some Facebook users, here, here, and here, claimed the National Assembly, under Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has passed a…
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