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Health

2024 video of Tinubu speaking about child nutrition in France resurfaces online

Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A VIDEO of President Bola Tinubu speaking on child nutrition and school feeding programmes at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron has resurfaced...
Security

Video does not show Nigerian Army troops deployed to Borno in 2026

Nurudeen Akewushola -
AN X user, @Palermo_seun, posted a video showing a convoy of armoured vehicles, claiming the convoy consisted of 10,000 soldiers being deployed to Borno...
Security

US did not approve sale of A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft to Nigeria

Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A POST circulating on social media claims that the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), an agency under the United States Department of Defence, has...
Politics

Rufai Oseni amplifies misleading claim about Pantami crying over APC ticket

Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
Arise News anchor, Oseni Rufai, on Tuesday, May 12, posted a video on X showing former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami,...
Security

No, image does not show man sentenced to death for defending residents in Kaduna

Nurudeen Akewushola -
A viral image circulating on social media claims to show a man sentenced to death in Kaduna State for allegedly organising youths to protect...
Health

No, Nigeria has not recorded any confirmed case of Hantavirus

Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
MULTIPLE posts circulating on social media claim that Nigeria has confirmed cases of hantavirus infection. Hantaviruses are a group of zoonotic viruses primarily transmitted to...
Health

Hantavirus: No need to panic, expert reassures Nigerians

Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
Earlier this month, the World Health Organisation notified the public about an outbreak of hantavirus infection following reports of a cluster of passengers with...
Politics

No, Goodluck Jonathan did not found NDC

Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A post circulating on social media claims that former President Goodluck Jonathan and his associates founded the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The post suggests that...
Politics

No, Nafiu Bala’s residence wasn’t set on fire

Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
AN X user, @Pharmacio001, has claimed that angry youths set fire to the Gombe residence of Nafiu Bala, a factional leader of the African...
General

No, video of men dragging police officer’s gun is not recent

Nurudeen Akewushola -
A video circulating on social media claims to show a recent incident of police brutality involving two men dragging a firearm from a police...

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2024 video of Tinubu speaking about child nutrition in France resurfaces online

Video does not show Nigerian Army troops deployed to Borno in 2026

US did not approve sale of A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft to Nigeria

Rufai Oseni amplifies misleading claim about Pantami crying over APC ticket

No, image does not show man sentenced to death for defending residents in Kaduna