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As false information continues circulating across various social media platforms, DUBAWA remains steadfast in its commitment to debunking and combating this trend of disinformation and misinformation.
Find below some of the top claims fact-checked by DUBAWA in the past week.
As Nigeria continues to face unending banditry attacks and kidnapping, many of its citizens have lost their lives and properties to these consistent attacks prevalent in the Northern part of the country.
In light of this, a Facebook page via image claimed that the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, General Christopher Musa, has called for the complete closure of the country’s land borders with neighbouring states.
DUBAWA’s findings indicate that the statement was taken out of context during a recent national security conference in Abuja. According to a YouTube video by Reuters and credible media outlets, General Musa only proposed fencing the borders to combat insecurity and not a total closure.
Read more here.
Since assuming office as the United States (US)president in January 2025, Donald Trump has been connected to approving and signing various bills and orders, among which is the USAID’s cut, which has affected many African countries.
In a similar trend, a Facebook page “WeBlog232” claimed President Trump signed an executive order banning men from wearing skinny jeans in the US.
When DUBAWA checked, we noticed that the claimant’s assertion was not part of either Trump’s former or recent ban order. Therefore, the claim is misleading.
Read more here.
In the sports world, Kylian Mbappe is one of the well-known players, given his achievements and exceptional skills in football.
On May 31, 2025, a Facebook user shared a 58-second video of Mbappe announcing his return to Paris to join Paris Saint-Germain again because they just won the Champions League.
The video received huge engagement due to the match that precedes the claimant’s assertion.
We found that the video was digitally altered from an original exclusive interview Kylian Mbappe had with CNN’s Becky Anderson in 2021.
Meanwhile, no report validated the footballer’s transfer to Real Madrid as claimed. Read more here.
As insecurity continues to grow, many Nigerians are becoming increasingly susceptible to frequent attacks and kidnapping by various armed groups.
Abuja, despite being one of Nigeria’s national hubs, still faces attacks and kidnappings by unknown gunmen. In May 2025, several media outlets reported a gunmen’s invasion of some estates in Abuja, during which some residents were abducted.
In response to this, Isaac Fayose, a social media personality and brother to the past Ekiti governor, Ayo Fayose, uploaded a video claiming it was of a recent invasion of gunmen on River Park Estate in Abuja.
However, our investigation revealed that the video has been shared online since 2024 with the same narrative, and no keyword search authenticates the assertion.
Moreover, the River Park Estate management debunked the report as misleading.
Read more here.
For decades, the herder-farmer crisis in Benue has lingered, leading to massive killings and destruction of properties, which has led many residents to flee their various communities for a safer abode.
Given this context, a Facebook page, Alia TV, via an image claimed that armed Fulani militants had attacked several communities in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
Google reverse image search on the image’s keyframes directed us to reports published by India Today NE, an Indian media outlet, and MSN (archived here) on May 20, 2025.
The report, published about a week before the Facebook post, was in remembrance of the May 20, 2000, Bagher massacre, not any alleged attack in Benue State.
Read more here.
