As misinformation continues to swirl across social media platforms, recycled videos and photos falsely attributed to others topped the list of claims we verified last week.
Here’s a breakdown of the top claims we debunked.
- 37 Hausa women exhumed after Sokoto’s massacre
A Facebook page claimed that residents of Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State had exhumed the bodies of 37 Hausa women allegedly massacred by Fulani militia.
The page made the claim in a text post, with the caption: “Horror in Sokoto: Residents exhume 37 Hausa women’s bodies, masßacred by Fûlani militia in Kebbe LG families.”
We conducted our research and found that the claim is misleading. While credible reports confirm that dozens of people were killed in attacks in Kebbe LGA, they do not support the claim that 37 Hausa women were massacred, buried, and later exhumed.
- Lagos police arrest terrorists with ammunition
A Facebook page, Baba Lamidi TV, posted a video, claiming that the police caught terrorists who smuggled ammunition.
In the video, a man speaking in Yoruba claimed that the secret activities of terrorists who wanted to smuggle ammunition for war had been exposed in Lagos. He also claimed that military uniforms and different types of guns were recovered from them.
Our check found the claim misleading. The video shows a police operation involving a truck carrying military camouflage uniforms and suspected illicit substances, not ammunition. Also, there is no evidence that the suspects were terrorists.
- Trending image of Police officers killed in Kebbi
A Facebook page, Shine Borno, posted an image with the claim that it shows the slain bodies of officers killed in the Rafin Makuku axis in Sakaka Local Government Area of Kebbi State, on Aug. 12, 2026.
DUBAWA checked, and we saw that although several credible reports and the Nigeria Police Force confirmed that 10 of its officers were slain, the image shared is AI-generated.
- Video of terrorists promoting Shari’a law
A Facebook user posted a video allegedly showing terrorists threatening Nigerians and promoting Shari’a law as the only solution to the country’s problems.
In the video, the terrorists said, “If you think that the government can save you this time around, then you are just joking. The only thing that is going to save you in this country is Shari’a law. Allah has given us this land as a gift and a promised land.”
DUBAWA’s analysis using different tools found that the video was manipulated using AI. The original video is Boko Haram footage circulated in November 2025.
- Video of terrorists boasting “no one can stop them”
A Facebook post shared by Hausaland Magazine showed a video of several armed men holding guns in an open space, boasting that no one can stop them.
DUBAWA checked and found that the video was neither recently recorded nor newly emerged, as claimed. Evidence shows that the same footage was already circulating online in December 2024 and was reported at the time in connection with notorious bandit leader Bello Turji and his gang. We also found that the content of the speakers’ message in the video had been altered.