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Ethiopian militia video shared as Nigerian bandits planning an attack

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Ethiopian militia video shared as Nigerian bandits planning an attack

Rejoice Taddy December 19, 2025 0

Claim: A Facebook user, @Jackson Igbinoghene, shared a video suggesting that a crowd of people chanting while...

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Online Romance Scam! How Liberian Senator, others became victims, bait

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Online Romance Scam! How Liberian Senator, others became victims, bait

Varney Dukuly May 1, 2025 0

An online romance scam has taken a notch higher with the unauthorised use of no less than...

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Liberia’s Lonestar Cell MTN not offering free data to old customers

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Liberia’s Lonestar Cell MTN not offering free data to old customers

Prince E. Cooper June 1, 2024 0

Claim: A viral claim on WhatsApp in Liberia says telecommunication giant Lonestar Cell MTN offers its old...

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British Royal Family photo with Gambian boy doctored

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British Royal Family photo with Gambian boy doctored

Dawda Baldeh May 22, 2024 0

Claim: A Facebook post claimed that a Gambian boy had met the British Royal Family. Verdict: False....

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What danger does sleeping with a phone under your pillow pose to you?

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What danger does sleeping with a phone under your pillow pose to you?

Funmilola Afolabi July 24, 2021 1

Claim: Sleeping with one’s phone under the pillow is dangerous to one’s health. There is no medical...

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SATIRE: Mosquitoes Inoculated With Viagra Have Not Escaped From Wuhan Laboratory.

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SATIRE: Mosquitoes Inoculated With Viagra Have Not Escaped From Wuhan Laboratory.

Alie Tarawally July 1, 2021 0

Claim: Viral Whatsapp messages claim thousands of mosquitoes inoculated with Viagra have escaped from a high security...

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Man-like creature in viral video is a dummy from prank video, not Werewolf killed in Nigeria

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Man-like creature in viral video is a dummy from prank video, not Werewolf killed in Nigeria

Lateef Sanni June 29, 2021 0

Claim: A viral werewolf video claims to have originated from Nigeria  Findings show that the 17 seconds...

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How true is viral post claiming Elon Musk described Nigerian girls as ‘the best’ and vows to marry one?

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How true is viral post claiming Elon Musk described Nigerian girls as ‘the best’ and vows to marry one?

Silas Jonathan April 6, 2021 0

Claim:  A viral information on social media and other blogs claims that Elon Musk said: “Nigerian ladies...

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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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Questions around photogragh of a man acclaimed to be the ‘tallest man in Nigeria’

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Questions around photogragh of a man acclaimed to be the ‘tallest man in Nigeria’

Silas Jonathan September 16, 2020 0

A Facebook page shared a picture of a certain man with the claim that he is the...

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