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Claim: An online news company made a post of a man carried on a stretcher, claiming that the man was from New Kru Town in Liberia.
Verdict: False. A Google Reverse Image Search shows the picture is of a man rescued from a collapsed building in Nigeria.
Full Text
In its Friday, July 18, 2025, post, an online news company named Pepper Bird published an image of a man looking unconscious, and being carried by people with a claim that the man collapsed in New Kru Town, outside Monrovia.
The caption of the post reads, “A man from New Kru Town collapsed after finding out that the house they have been renting for 10 years at $200USD a month belongs to his wife.”
The post generated over 2k reactions, 600 comments, and 150 shares.
Many of those who commented on the post said women should be feared, while others were skeptical about whether the news originated from New Kru Town.
To amplify truth in the information ecosystem, DUBAWA authenticated the photo.
Verification
DUBAWA reversed the image on Google images, a feature on Google that allows users to search for related or similar images.
The search revealed that the image is the photo of a man who was rescued from a collapsed building over five years ago in Lagos, Nigeria.
Multiple news reports, including those by the BBC, reported that EPA Images, one of the world’s leading visual content providers, took the image in 2019.
This indicates that the image is not from Liberia. Other news reports are also reported, as seen here.
Conclusion
The online news company’s post, which claims a man looking unconscious is from New Kru Town, is false. The man is from Nigeria.
