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Taking shelter under metallic structures during rainstorm is risky but this message is not from NOA

Iyabode Olorunshola October 3, 2021

Claim: A claim, alleged to have emanated from the National Orientation Agency, states that taking shelter under...

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Recirculated Image of Police Impersonator not Kaduna Deputy Commissioner of Police as claimed

Lami Sadiq October 3, 2021

Claim: Facebook users are circulating an image of a man wearing police camouflage with the claim that...

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Video captioned corpses of Fulani bandits in Northern Nigeria false

Nanji Nandang October 3, 2021

Claim: A viral video showing several burnt bodies on WhatsApp claims that the Fulani bandits were struck,...

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Beware! Your ATM’s CVV number can be used to defraud you

Mohammed Dahiru Lawal October 3, 2021

“They told me they were from our bank and they needed to do an upgrade on I...

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Is salt a snake repellant?

Iyabode Olorunshola October 3, 2021

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims salt could work as a snake repellant and fire extinguisher. Dubawa’s...

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Dubawa writers, fellows shortlisted for African Fact-Checking Awards

Lateef Sanni October 1, 2021

Some writers and fellows of West Africa independent verification platform, Dubawa, have been shortlisted as finalists for...

Why pictures taken out of context continues to mislead

Silas Jonathan September 28, 2021

Around March 2021, a picture of what appears to be a surgical ward with blood spills was...

Is the Nigerian government registering inmates for the upcoming election?

Lami Sadiq September 26, 2021

In 2018, a Court of Appeal sitting in Benin affirmed a 2014 judgment of a Federal High...

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Assessing Nicki Minaj’s claim COVID-19 vaccine could cause impotence, swollen testicles

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo September 26, 2021

The music star wrote: "My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it...

Facts about NYSC’s controversial travel advisory to corps members

Uchenna Igwe September 26, 2021

The growing wave of kidnappings is worsening security issues in Nigeria, a country grappling with banditry and...

misinformation

Taking shelter under metallic structures during rainstorm is risky but this message is not from NOA

Recirculated Image of Police Impersonator not Kaduna Deputy Commissioner of Police as claimed

Video captioned corpses of Fulani bandits in Northern Nigeria false

Beware! Your ATM’s CVV number can be used to defraud you

Is salt a snake repellant?

Dubawa writers, fellows shortlisted for African Fact-Checking Awards

Why pictures taken out of context continues to mislead

Is the Nigerian government registering inmates for the upcoming election?

Assessing Nicki Minaj’s claim COVID-19 vaccine could cause impotence, swollen testicles

Facts about NYSC’s controversial travel advisory to corps members

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