TWO fact-checks published by the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), have been shortlisted for the Global Fact 9 award in Norway. The reports were shortlisted under the High Impact Fact-Check category. Global Fact 9, the only conference dedicated to …
Here are quick fact-checks on the 2022 Ekiti State Governorship Election filed by our reporters: MISLEADING: Image of Peter Obi sharing money NOT related to Ekiti poll CLAIM: That Peter Obi shared money ‘in appreciation of our loyal supporters in …
As political parties held primary elections on Saturday, May 28, 2022, ahead of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, a news report circulating online claimed that Professor Ben Ayade, the incumbent Governor of Cross River state has lost his senatorial bid in …
POPULAR Nigerian blog, Instablog9ja, on Thursday, 26th August 2021, posted on its Instagram page a viral video that claimed that a Kenyan government official chided CNN Journalist, Larry Madowo. The same video was also posted on several YouTube channels albeit …
ON Saturday, August 21, 2021, the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate Ovie Omo-Agege repeated the APC cliché about ‘Buhari change’ which Nigerians’ reality and credible data have contradicted. At a lecture held in Lagos during the weekend, the deputy …
TWO videos tweeted by one of the first-class traditional rulers in Nigeria claimed that a combination of African herbs, roots and leaves was the ‘solution’ to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that has baffled the world for over 18 months. …
A video has been circulating on multiple WhatsApp groups in Nigeria which claims that eating “a banana a day keeps the coronavirus away.” The video has been found to be doctored with false claims. The video, which was produced in …
Fassara da Mai rawaitowa: Musa Sunusi Ahmad. Marubuci: Samad Uthman. Wani rubutu dake yaduwa a dandalin zumunta na Whatsapp wanda ke cewa Gwamnatin Tarayya tana bada tallafi dan dan temakawa yan Najeriya. Rubutun ya cigaba da fadin cewa tallafin na …
Fassara da Mai rawaitowa: Musa Sunusi Ahmad. Marubuci: Niyi Oyedeji. A ranar Litini 2 ga watan Sha Daya, 2020, fejin yanar gizo na kaida halinka da dama ne a Najeriya suka rawaito cewa shugaban Hukumar Lafiya Ta Duniya WHO, Tedros …
A viral WhatsApp message which promises Nigerian citizens free N50,000 lockdown funds allegedly by the Federal Government has been shared widely. The message was forward to the FactCheckHub by a concerned Nigerian for verification. It reads: “FG has finally approved …
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