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Doctored video of Tinubu promising to reduce purchasing power resurfaces online

AMID the panic surrounding the planned nationwide protest by Nigerians next week, a video purportedly showing the Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, promising to...

False claim about Nigeria’s inflation rate surfaces online

A verified X account, @Straightshuters, has posted a claim online that Nigeria's food inflation rate has dropped to 2 per cent from 34 per...

Hauwa Allahbura makes false claim about Ogun State’s 2024 budget

THE Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, trended on X this week as many Nigerian netizens called him out over the poor quality of...

UPDATED: Federal lawmaker amplifies false claim about Nigeria’s gold reserve

EDITOR'S NOTE/CORRECTION: * The featured image has been changed to that of a gold bar, which is the primary element in the claim while the...

Did Tinubu build independent power plant as Lagos governor?

An X user, @Riddwane, has claimed that the Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, built an independent power plant during his tenure as the governor...

Video of Nigerians carting away goats from trailer is three years old

A video showing people carting away goats from a parked trailer has circulated online. The video is circulating with a claim people have resulted to...

Doctored video of Howard Nicholas talking about African economy circulates online

The video of a man speaking on the impoverished state of sub-Saharan Africa has been making its rounds on social media, particularly on TikTok...

Shehu Sani makes false claim about museums in Abuja

A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has claimed that Nigeria is the only country without a museum in its capital city. Senator Sani made the...

Old video of youths protesting at Emir of Ilorin’s palace circulates online

By Yunusa Umar   A video showing hundreds of youths chanting multiple songs at the Emir of Ilorin's palace has surfaced online with a claim that...

Daniel Bwala, other X users share old CBN press release as recent

A press release from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stating that the apex bank would convict any individual transacting with foreign currency has...

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