Fact Check

Ghanaian government did not introduce uniform for school teachers

Sunday Awosoro June 7, 2022

Unlike students, school teachers in Africa are, however, rarely seen wearing school uniforms. Rather, they adopt corporate...

FALSE! INEC did not extend online voter registration INEC

FALSE! INEC did not extend online voter registration

Lois Ugbede June 7, 2022

A WhatsApp user on Thursday, June 2, 2022, shared a screenshot on his WhatsApp status with the...

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FG did not promise to attend to ASUU after APC convention

Muktar Balogun March 27, 2022

Claim: A campus news Facebook page, Campus Catch NG, has a claim that the Federal Government said...

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Pfizer vaccine does not have 1,291 side effects as claimed by this Twitter user

Lois Ugbede March 13, 2022

Claim: A Twitter user claims that the Pfizer vaccine has 1,291 side effects. Our findings and the...

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Old picture recirculated to claim new set of ritualists arrested in Ogun

Sodiq Ojuroungbe February 5, 2022

Since the arrest of the boys, there have been hot debates on social media regarding parenting and...

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The 2021 lie of the year

Folarin Jamiu, Ganiyat Tijani-Adenle January 10, 2022

The lie that is the most difficult to detect is the one garnished with a bit of...

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Can a candidate win an election in The Gambia when the majority of the voters didn’t vote for them?

Alie Tarawally December 3, 2021

Claim: A Twitter user claims an election can be won in The Gambia even when the majority...

#TheGambiaElections: No, you do not need your National ID card in addition to your voter’s card in order to vote

Dubawa December 3, 2021

Claim: Fula people must go with their national ID cards in addition to their voter’s card on...

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EFCC Confirms Daily Trust/Dubawa Fact-Check On Diezani’s Diamond Bra

Lami Sadiq November 22, 2021

Barely two weeks after Daily Trust newspapers and Dubawa published a fact-check on whether or not there was a...

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China delivered 60, not 100 armoured vehicles to Nigeria

Michael Olatunbosun November 22, 2021

Claim: In a Facebook post, Joe Igbokwe, an APC chieftain and Special Adviser, Office of Drainage Services...

Ghanaian government did not introduce uniform for school teachers

FALSE! INEC did not extend online voter registration

FG did not promise to attend to ASUU after APC convention

Pfizer vaccine does not have 1,291 side effects as claimed by this Twitter user

Old picture recirculated to claim new set of ritualists arrested in Ogun

The 2021 lie of the year

Can a candidate win an election in The Gambia when the majority of the voters didn’t vote for them?

#TheGambiaElections: No, you do not need your National ID card in addition to your voter’s card in order to vote

EFCC Confirms Daily Trust/Dubawa Fact-Check On Diezani’s Diamond Bra

China delivered 60, not 100 armoured vehicles to Nigeria

Economy

Contrary to Obi’s claim, FG has not removed electricity subsidy

Does regular sex prevent heart disease?

Haske mai kama da makami mai linzami da aka gani a Sokoto da Kebbi na iya kasancewa tauraro mai wutsiya

Misleading! Liberia’s national legislature’s budget is not more than the country’s security apparatus bill