All posts tagged "Featured"
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Facebook Checks
/ 35 mins agoThe Sierra Leone football team did not travel by boat to Cameroon for #AFCON2021 as claimed by Football World
3 mins read Claim: A popular Facebook page named Football World claimed that the Sierra Leone national team arrived in Cameroon...
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Explainers
/ 2 hours agoDo PVCs expire? All you need to know about Nigeria’s Permanent Voters’ Cards
3 mins read Come 2023, Nigeria will hold its next general election. With the elections drawing near and several candidates already...
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Explainers
/ 1 day agoDozens of fake “BBC News groups” are misleading users on Facebook
5 mins read On Facebook, many groups named after the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) exist and are taken as a social...
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Fact Check
/ 2 days agoExperts say consumption of zobo can lead to miscarriage
4 mins read Claim: A health influencer claims drinking zobo (Hibiscus sabdariffa) leads to miscarriage. The consumption of hibiscus sabdariffa, also...
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Fact Check
/ 4 days agoIs it true all former Oyo governors died at 71?
3 mins read Claim: A social media post recently claimed that past Oyo State Governors died at 71. The claim is...
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Featured
/ 7 days ago14 false claims that thrived on Nigeria Twitter despite ban
5 mins read On June 4, 2021, Twitter was banned by the Nigerian government, after a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari,...
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Fact Check
/ 1 week agoArtificially created Garuda Indonesia landing footage recirculated to exaggerate recent accident
4 mins read On January 5th 2022, a Caspian Airline aircraft reportedly lost control of its main gear and was forced...
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Featured
/ 1 week agoTwitter now accessible as Nigerian government lifts ban after seven months
< 1 min read Over 200 days after Twitter ban in Nigeria, the microblogging and social networking application is now accessible...
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Featured
/ 1 week agoFact-checkers accuse YouTube of aiding false information spread, propose four-point solution
3 mins read Fact-checkers around the globe have accused video and social media platform, YouTube, of laxity in curbing the spread...
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Featured
/ 1 week ago2022: Three Key Areas To Expect Misinformation in Nigeria
5 mins read For most fact-checkers, 2021 is not a year to forget so quickly. It was the year they saw...
