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AnambraDecides2021: Image does NOT show APC chairman collapsing after losing LG to PDP

Elections
Barely 24 hours after the Anambra state governorship election, an image is being circulated online that the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...

FALSE claim circulates that Dino Melaye made first-class, best law student at Baze University

General
ON SATURDAY, October 23, 2020,  when Baze University, Abuja, had her combined 7th and 8th convocation ceremony, a viral post circulated online that a...

#EndSARSMemorial: Fact-checking Lai’s claims on Lekki shooting

Security
IN Nigeria, a memorial was held on the anniversary of what has come to be known as the 2020 Lekki shooting. The incident happened when...

Joe Igbokwe makes misleading claim on Nigeria’s agricultural sector growth

Economy
IN a bid to show that insecurity in Nigeria did not  impact negatively on the agricultural sector, Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on...

Viral images of football pitch submerged by flood not of Lekan Salami but Hillsborough

General
BARELY 24 hours after the Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde commissioned the remodelled Lekan Salami Stadium,  Adamasingba, Ibadan, the state capital, mixed reactions have...

Cholera did NOT kill 938 people in 22 states as claimed by minister

Health
The minister of environment Mohammed Mahmood Abubakar on Monday, August 23, 2021 claimed that the cholera outbreak has so far led to the death...

Facebook has removed 18 million posts with COVID-19 misinformation – Zuckerberg

Insights
FACEBOOK  has removed 18 million posts containing misinformation about COVID-19, the  founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg said. Zuckerberg told "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King...

WHO did NOT rank Nigeria 4th best in COVID-19 response

COVID-19
Many media reports claimed that the World Health Organization (WHO) has ranked Nigeria as the 4th best in COVID-19 response. These media reports which are...

Viral photo of road shared on social media not from Kaduna but Pakistan

General
A TWITTER user on Friday August 13, 2021 shared a picture of a tarred road claiming it emanated from Kaduna State in Nigeria. The Twitter...

Website offering commonwealth scholarship is a scam, here is why

Insights
The Commonwealth is offering scholarships, however, a misleading website is being circulated on WhatsApp. This is a trend observed by The FactCheckHub overtime whereby scammers...
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No, Justice Haruna Tsammani did not go blind after eye surgery in London

Daily Trust’s infographic on Nigeria’s top 20 universities is misleading

No, video does not show recent flood disaster in Lagos

Viral video does not show Ogun deputy governor, commissioners prostrating for Dapo Abiodun

No, security operatives did not arrest pastor for supplying logistics to bandits in Oyo