All posts tagged "Fact Check"
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Fact Check
/ 1 day agoWhat is the relationship between shisha smoking and breast cancer?
4 mins read Claim: A Twitter user claimed that avoiding shisha could help prevent breast cancer. The claim that avoiding shisha...
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Elections
/ 2 days agoTrue, INEC yet to commence Issuance of PVCs to Anambra electorates less than two weeks to election
4 mins read Claim: A Twitter user claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was yet to commence distribution of...
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Economy
/ 1 week agoText message asking users to send ‘W’ to 50017 for cash is scam
3 mins read Claim: a mobile based message making the rounds claims that FG has begun cash transfer to 200,000 Nigerians. ...
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Fact Check
/ 1 week agoCan Japanese Water Therapy cure diabetes and cancer?
4 mins read Claim: A message circulating on WhatsApp claims that warm water is effective in curing Asthma and 17 other...
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Featured
/ 3 weeks agoThe FactChecker
4 mins read A weekly newsletter that takes a closer look at the aspects of truth and falsehood in recent news...
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Fact Check
/ 3 weeks agoTaking shelter under metallic structures during rainstorm is risky but this message is not from NOA
3 mins read Claim: A claim, alleged to have emanated from the National Orientation Agency, states that taking shelter under metallic...
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Fact Check
/ 3 weeks agoVideo captioned corpses of Fulani bandits in Northern Nigeria false
3 mins read Claim: A viral video showing several burnt bodies on WhatsApp claims that the Fulani bandits were struck, burnt...
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Fact Check
/ 3 weeks agoIs salt a snake repellant?
3 mins read Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims salt could work as a snake repellant and fire extinguisher. Dubawa’s research...
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Article
/ 3 weeks agoDubawa writers, fellows shortlisted for African Fact-Checking Awards
< 1 min read Some writers and fellows of West Africa independent verification platform, Dubawa, have been shortlisted as finalists for...
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Elections
/ 4 weeks agoIs the Nigerian government registering inmates for the upcoming election?
4 mins read In 2018, a Court of Appeal sitting in Benin affirmed a 2014 judgment of a Federal High Court...
