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As January 2025 winds up, here are some of the claims DUBAWA verified in the last few days of January.
- Claim on the number of people living with HIV in Nigeria
On Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, Donald Trump stopped the disbursement of funds through PEPFAR for at least 90 days.
Reacting to this development, Nigerian Doctor and influencer Chinonso Egemba, popularly known as Aproko Doctor, claimed Nigeria has the second-highest number of people living with HIV, and we depend on donations.
DUBAWA found this statement to be misleading and provided a quick verification for this claim here.
- Video showing people scampering for food in Nigeria
As of December 2024 alone, three stampedes occurred in Nigeria from charity events and left at least 67 people dead, many of which were children. Against this backdrop, an Instagram user, @Naija_Today__, claimed via a now-deleted video that Nigerian citizens are running around for food as hunger bites harder in the nation.
In the attached video, men and women could be seen being chased with a belt by a police officer after they excitedly rushed to a pickup vehicle carrying some food.
DUBAWA discovered that the video in question is not connected to Nigeria. Our investigation shows that the footage was filmed in Côte d’Ivoire, and the people in the video speak French.
- The number of illegal Nigerian immigrants in the US
Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders, including declaring illegal immigration a national emergency and tasking the military with border enforcement.
Amidst this, an X user, @Zaddy_Bruh, shared a purported list of countries alongside the alleged number of unauthorised immigrants from each country in the United States (US), claiming they are likely to be deported by the new government.
On the contrary, the latest US Homeland Security Statistics does not support the figure claimed by the X user. Nigeria is not even included among the top 10 countries of origin for unauthorised immigrants.
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- The rescued children in Port Harcourt
A Facebook user, Matt Ilechukwu, claimed that over 200 missing children have been found in a compound located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
On the contrary, DUBAWA found this to be misleading. The claim originated from a September 2024 incident in which the Rivers State Police rescued 16 children, not 200, from a compound in Port Harcourt. This means the video is not from January 2025, as claimed.