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 …
A POST has been shared repeatedly on social media claiming that the Federal Government (FG) of Nigeria is giving out free N25,000 Relief Funds. The post retrieved from a WhatsApp group on September 25 directed people to claim their own …
A social media post claims that the number of worldwide coronavirus deaths has surpassed 900,000. The post was retrieved from a Facebook page with the name War Desk . The page has over nine thousand (9,740) likes as at September …
ON AUGUST 5, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) daily updates on COVID-19 cases showing a difference of over eleven thousand discharged patients were widely shared on Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp groups. Some media houses also reported that Nigeria discharged over …
PROF Stanley Okolo, the Director-General of West African Health Organisation (WAHO) claimed that Nigeria and four other countries are responsible for over 80 per cent of COVID-19 cases in West Africa. Prof Okolo made this claim while addressing Members of …
BOSS Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) of Nigeria on Thursday, July 23, announced that the country has recorded 5 per cent of the total Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Africa. He made the declaration in Abuja, Nigeria …
A video of Dr Stella Immanuel, a United States based medical doctor came up on social media with claims to have discovered the cure to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The video has since gone viral. In the video, Dr. Immanuel who was …
A STATEMENT attributed to the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) and the West African College of Surgeons (Ghana Chapter) issuing a warning on the danger posed by using face shields alone has gone viral on the internet, blogs, social media. The statement claimed that using …
Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on July 11 claimed that it is safe to be in an aircraft cabin without physical distancing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. He made the comment when he led a team of aviation industry stakeholders …
A viral voice note on WhatsApp last June claimed that Access Bank in Onne, Rivers State has been shut down due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. The voice note, made by an unidentified person, was later shared on Instagram by …
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