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Is the Leaked IGP Interim Report to the Acting President ‘Classified Information’? #FALSE Jimoh-Moshood-1

Is the Leaked IGP Interim Report to the Acting President ‘Classified Information’? #FALSE

Dubawa August 20, 2018

Ans: There is no iota of truth in this! Classified documents are usually marked as such, which...

Did Ngozi Okonjo-iweala Publicly Endorse Pres Buhari For The Next Election? #NO 343px-Okonjo-Iweala,_Ngozi_(2008_portrait)

Did Ngozi Okonjo-iweala Publicly Endorse Pres Buhari For The Next Election? #NO

Dubawa July 27, 2018

The former Minister of Finance and a current member of the Board of Twitter, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was...

Is There A New Policy Called ‘JAMB Matriculation List’ For Youth Corpers? #NO JAMB candidates

Is There A New Policy Called ‘JAMB Matriculation List’ For Youth Corpers? #NO

Dubawa July 26, 2018

A viral post on social media (WhatsApp) and some blogs – www.stargist.com, www.myschoolgist.com – claim that the...

#SPOOFCHECK – Are Cadbury Products Contaminated with HIV (AIDS)? NO!!!

CJID Web July 18, 2018

A viral post on whatsapp claims that Cadbury products are contaminated with the deadly HIV (AIDS) and...

The pendulum between fact-checkers and the rest of us This week in fake news

The pendulum between fact-checkers and the rest of us

Dubawa July 13, 2018

Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed has flagged off a nationwide campaign against fake news ahead...

Trending Adeosun NYSC Photo Is Fake Kemi Adeosun

Trending Adeosun NYSC Photo Is Fake

Dubawa July 10, 2018

A fast-trending rebuttal and accompanying image of the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, dressed as a National...

… of reports and claims that leave room for speculation Fact Check It Graphic

… of reports and claims that leave room for speculation

Dubawa July 9, 2018

The past one week has kept the mainstream and social media abuzz. The saga started with reports...

Unemployment: Have Nine Million Nigerians Lost Their Jobs Since 2015? Prof. Kingsley Moghalu

Unemployment: Have Nine Million Nigerians Lost Their Jobs Since 2015?

CJID Web June 22, 2018

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and one of the Presidential aspirants for...

Top Tips to #Factcheck viral social media VIDEOS Searching for Facts vs. Fiction - Magnifying Glass

Top Tips to #Factcheck viral social media VIDEOS

Ebele Oputa May 16, 2018

This is an edited version of the article which was originally published on FactCheckingDay.com for International Fact-Checking...

Did UNESCO ever recommend 26 per cent budgetary allocation to education? Adamu-Adamu

Did UNESCO ever recommend 26 per cent budgetary allocation to education?

Dubawa December 10, 2017

Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s presentation of the N8.6 trillion ‘Budget of Consolidation’ in November to the National...

Is the Leaked IGP Interim Report to the Acting President ‘Classified Information’? #FALSE

Did Ngozi Okonjo-iweala Publicly Endorse Pres Buhari For The Next Election? #NO

Is There A New Policy Called ‘JAMB Matriculation List’ For Youth Corpers? #NO

#SPOOFCHECK – Are Cadbury Products Contaminated with HIV (AIDS)? NO!!!

The pendulum between fact-checkers and the rest of us

Trending Adeosun NYSC Photo Is Fake

… of reports and claims that leave room for speculation

Unemployment: Have Nine Million Nigerians Lost Their Jobs Since 2015?

Did UNESCO ever recommend 26 per cent budgetary allocation to education?

Economy

Claim coconut water can treat fever in children, misleading

Viral video of “persecuted Christians” in Nigeria, misleading

FALSE! Ivory Coast’s president did not comment on Nigeria’s security

Viral ‘missile-like’ light seen in Sokoto, Kebbi, likely meteor activity