{"id":11711,"date":"2022-06-06T09:30:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T08:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=11711"},"modified":"2024-08-28T15:36:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T14:36:06","slug":"five-quick-facts-you-can-share-with-your-friends-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/five-quick-facts-you-can-share-with-your-friends-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Quick Facts You Can Share With Your Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A weekly newsletter that takes a closer look at the significance of truth and falsehood in today\u2019s news stories<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. West Africa\u2019s Mpox Variant Did Not Originate From Nigeria\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Recently, Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defence released a report where it claimed that the West African strain of Mpox is from Nigeria, citing a World Health Organisation (WHO) report. DUBAWA checked and discovered that this claim misleading. You can read the verified facts<\/strong> here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Azman Kaduna-Abuja Flight Cost \u20a6100,000 After Reopening<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      A Facebook user, Abubakar Widi-jalo, on Monday the 24th of May 2022, shared the screenshot of an Azman flight ticket showing its Kaduna-Abuja flight costs \u20a6100,000. Following the announcement early this year, findings show the claim is true. Read <\/strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      1. A Dutch National Is Not Contesting To Be Plateau Governor<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        One user on Facebook claims that a Dutch man has declared interest to contest as governor of Plateau State in the upcoming 2023 general elections in Nigeria. The user shared the post alongside a poster of the alleged contestant. This claim is not true. Read more <\/strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        1. Osinachi\u2019s Husband Was Not Sentenced To Death By Hanging<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          A Facebook post in a private Facebook group, Tell It Moms, claimed Mr Nwachukwu had been sentenced to death by hanging. This post by King-Aki zipping-Attah, a member of the group, was credited to a user \u2018Caleb Nii Boi\u2019 but this post is not true. Read more <\/strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          1. Buhari Did Not Sack CBN Governor, Emefiele<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            A screenshot went viral on WhatsApp with the claim that the president had sacked the CBN governor. This is not true, read more <\/strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            Editor\u2019s Note: The word \u201cMonkeypox\u201d was reviewed to mpox, following the WHO guideline.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            A weekly newsletter that takes a closer look at the significance of truth and falsehood in today\u2019s news stories Recently, Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defence released a report where it claimed that the West African strain of Mpox is from Nigeria, citing a World Health Organisation (WHO) report. DUBAWA checked and discovered that this claim misleading. You can read the verified facts here. A Facebook user, Abubakar Widi-jalo, on Monday the 24th of May 2022, shared the screenshot of an Azman flight ticket showing its Kaduna-Abuja flight costs \u20a6100,000. Following the announcement early this year, findings show the claim is true. Read here. One user on Facebook claims that a Dutch man has declared interest to contest as governor of Plateau State in the upcoming 2023 general elections in Nigeria. The user shared the post alongside a poster of the alleged contestant. This claim is not true. Read more here. A Facebook post in a private Facebook group, Tell It Moms, claimed Mr Nwachukwu had been sentenced to death by hanging. This post by King-Aki zipping-Attah, a member of the group, was credited to a user \u2018Caleb Nii Boi\u2019 but this post is not true. Read more here. A screenshot went viral on WhatsApp with the claim that the president had sacked the CBN governor. This is not true, read more here. Editor\u2019s Note: The word \u201cMonkeypox\u201d was reviewed to mpox, following the WHO guideline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[440],"tags":[1183],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[873],"class_list":["post-11711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletters-updates","tag-dubawa-newsletter"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-32T","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":873,"user_id":10,"is_guest":0,"slug":"dubawa","display_name":"Dubawa","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f70a877f6d81734de0ca299eabb33d20687f41f5a4cb83ae8d754fc9412ee293?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":"Strengthening Investigative Journalism for the fight against corruption in Nigeria."}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Dubawa-Newsletter-Banner-01-1.png?fit=5000%2C2917&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11711"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19858,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11711\/revisions\/19858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11711"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=11711"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=11711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}