As people continue to share misinformation and disinformation across all social media platforms, DUBAWA verified several public assertions shared during the last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below are some of the major ones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week, a video surfaced<\/a> on TikTok showing the former national chairperson of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomole, massaging a woman\u2019s feet in a private jet. Oshiomole dismissed the video, claiming it was generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Through a press statement<\/a> posted on the senator\u2019s media aide, Oseni Momodu\u2019s Facebook page, he stated the video was intended to malign the lawmaker\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the video was traced to the TikTok account of Leshaan Da Gama<\/a>, a South African influencer and adult content creator. DUBAWA conducted a manual analysis of the viral video and discovered no clues suggesting it was generated by AI. Meanwhile, credible media platforms reported<\/a> that Da Gama debunked Oshiomole\u2019s claim via her Instagram Story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jos-based reverend, Ezekiel Dachamo, became popular in November 2025, when a video was shared<\/a> online showing him appealing to the United States (US) president, Donald Trump, to intervene in Nigeria\u2019s security crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Recently, a Facebook user shared<\/a> a video showing Trump and Ezekiel together, suggesting they met in Nigeria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n DUBAWA checked the official US website<\/a> and verified<\/a> social media accounts<\/a> to see if there was any record of Trump\u2019s alleged visit or dialogue with Ezekiel, but we found none. Also, no credible news outlet reported the meeting. AI-detection tools such as Hive.Ai<\/a> and AI Deepfake Detector indicated that the video contained AI manipulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Feb 3, 2026, suspected terrorists attacked<\/strong><\/a> Woro, a Muslim-dominated community<\/strong><\/a> in Kwara State. The attack occurred when the community rejected the preachings proposed by an ISIS-linked group, which led to the killings of over 170 residents and the destruction of buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, a Facebook user, Chanasa Nworu<\/a>, on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, claimed that the controversial Islamic preacher, Ahmad Gumi, advocated the acceptance of Sharia Law in Kwara State in a bid to maintain peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DUBAWA found no credible news report on Gumi\u2019s comments on the onslaught in Kwara State. Moreover, we checked his official and frequently used Facebook<\/strong><\/a> account but found no posts validating the claimant\u2019s assertion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, several news platforms circulated reports that the Federal Ministry of Health received only \u20a636 million out of the \u20a6218 billion allocated in the 2025 budget. The remark was attributed to the Minister of Health, Muhammad Pate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The remark was published by several Nigerian news outlets, including PREMIUM TIMES<\/a>, Peoples Gazette<\/a>, Arise TV<\/a>, ThisDAY<\/a>, and Leadership Newspaper<\/a>, with many attributing to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as the original source. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, DUBAWA discovered<\/strong><\/a> that the Minister stated that the \u20a6218 billion allocation was meant for \u201cregular capital projects\/programmes of the Ministry\u2019s Headquarters\u201d and not the entire health sector or ministry. But only the sum of \u20a636,000,000.00 representing 0.1% has so far been released and not utilised due to the Bottom-Up Cash Plan policy by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Furthermore, a review of the Approved 2025 Federal Government Budget<\/strong><\/a> by UDEME, a social accountability project of the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID<\/strong><\/a>), shows that the total allocation to the Ministry of Health sector is \u20a62.37 trillion (\u20a62,376,837,008,012), which is significantly larger than \u20a6218 billion reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cancer remains a leading cause of death globally. It is a group of diseases characterised<\/strong><\/a> by the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells throughout the body, which affects various organs and tissues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A Facebook user recently claimed<\/strong><\/a> that cancer can be killed with beetroot within 42 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DUBAWA searched for evidence that beetroot or beetroot juice could cure cancer or kill cancer cells in humans within a specified timeframe. Our search did not yield any evidence supporting the claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One study on prostate cancer cells (PC\u20113 cell line) found that <\/strong>certain amounts<\/strong><\/a> of beetroot water extract reduced the cells\u2019 ability to grow and multiply in the lab, suggesting a possible effect on cell growth. Another study on colorectal cancer cells (HCT\u2011116 and HT\u201129) found that beetroot leaf<\/strong><\/a> and stalks slowed cell growth and triggered signs of programmed cell death, a natural process in which damaged cells self-destruct. But while beetroot can influence cancer cells in controlled experiments, there is no proof that consuming beetroot can cure cancer in humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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