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Old video from EndSARS protest recirculates amid June 12 protest

General
JUST as Nigerians on Saturday, June 12, took to the streets to hold protest against bad governance, corruption,  insecurity and other forms of maladministration,...

Twitter did not change action buttons in solidarity of June 12 protest

General
On Saturday June 12, 2021, Many Nigerians across multiple locations took to the street in protest to show and air their grievance and dissatisfaction...

Is Nigeria the only country in Africa where Twitter is restricted?

Government Policy
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on June 5, 2021 claimed that Nigeria is the only African country where Twitter is restricted. SERAP made...

Has First Bank closed its South East branches?

Insights
A Special Assistant on New Media to Nigeria's Senate President Abubakar Usman on June 2, 2021 claimed that First Bank of Nigeria has closed...

Photo shared by Nnamdi Kanu, not of ISWAP, Boko Haram in Nigeria

Security
A TWITTER post shared on May 24, by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of a separatist group in Nigeria known as the Indigenous People of Biafra...

WhatsApp post in circulation makes FALSE claim on free CAC registration, benefits

Government Policy
A  post circulating on WhatsApp claimed that the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved free online company registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)...

Claim that Buhari travelled to France for a postponed summit is FALSE

Politics
A tweet that has been shared over 500 times, claimed that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari travelled to France to attend a summit that was...

Fact-checking several claims attributed to Buhari

Politics
IN the heat of the accusations and counter-accusations that Nigeria's Minister for Communications Isa Pantami was sympathetic to terrorists and terrorist organisations, a collage...

Misleading 2020 global terrorism ranking resurfaces online

General
IN April 2021, following widespread killings and attacks in Nigeria, a former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar shared a contentious infographic which showed the top countries...

Checking Moghalu’s claims on voters turn-out for 2019 elections

Elections
A FORMER Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, said that only 28 million Nigerians voted out of the 84...
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