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Thai failed road used to depict state of road in Abia

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Thai failed road used to depict state of road in Abia

Silas Jonathan September 16, 2020 0

A Twitter user claims shared images are those of a deteriorated road in Abia state, Nigeria. False:...

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Questions around photogragh of a man acclaimed to be the ‘tallest man in Nigeria’

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Questions around photogragh of a man acclaimed to be the ‘tallest man in Nigeria’

Silas Jonathan September 16, 2020 0

A Facebook page shared a picture of a certain man with the claim that he is the...

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Viral report on Canadian doctors protesting high salaries is from 2018

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Viral report on Canadian doctors protesting high salaries is from 2018

Ifedayo Ogunyemi September 15, 2020 2

700 Canadian doctors protest salary raises, say, we are paid too much Misleading FULL STORY On Wednesday,...

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Does unripe pawpaw water cure neonatal jaundice?

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Does unripe pawpaw water cure neonatal jaundice?

Atinuke Seun-Ige September 14, 2020 1

Jaundice is a common and usually harmless condition in newborn babies that causes yellowing of the skin...

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Eight signs of propaganda as Edo, Ondo go to the polls

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Eight signs of propaganda as Edo, Ondo go to the polls

Dubawa September 14, 2020 0

By Francis Arinze Iloani As the Edo and Ondo States Election approaches, we have identified eight types...

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Old pictures used to depict current status of Enugu Airport

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Old pictures used to depict current status of Enugu Airport

Michelle Agoh September 12, 2020 0

Recently, some Twitter and Facebook users shared pictures of flooded airport premises and claimed they were images...

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UK Court affirms Daily Trust’s report that VP sounded early warning on P&ID fraud

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UK Court affirms Daily Trust’s report that VP sounded early warning on P&ID fraud

Francis Arinze Iloani September 10, 2020 0

Abdul, a twitter user, has tagged as “fake news alert” a report that a United Kingdom...

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APC bigwig, Joe Igbokwe, cuddles misinformation to buoy party image

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APC bigwig, Joe Igbokwe, cuddles misinformation to buoy party image

Vivian Chime September 10, 2020 1

An All Progressives Congress (APC) party leader, Joe Igbokwe, deploys varieties of cheering photographs on Facebook claiming...

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Verification tips ahead of Edo governorship poll

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Verification tips ahead of Edo governorship poll

Nurudeen Lawal September 10, 2020 1

In the build up to the 2019 general elections, Lauretta Onochie, President Muhammadu Buhari’s special adviser on...

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An initiative for university graduates promotes an upsetting claim, and drags the NUC into a gratuitous controversy

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An initiative for university graduates promotes an upsetting claim, and drags the NUC into a gratuitous controversy

Samad Uthman September 9, 2020 0

A viral WhatsApp post claims that the National Universities Commission, (NUC), is giving out loans to start-ups...

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