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Video from Ghana by-election wrongly shared as Edo shooting incident
Facebook user, Agozi Commedy posted a video with a claim that a police officer shot a bus driver in Edo State, Nigeria over a...
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Video does not show prisoners being deported to Southern Africa
AN X user, @dipoaina1, has posted a video showing several handcuffed men alighting from an aeroplane, claiming it shows prisoners being deported to Southern...
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Is Nigeria the only West African country with light rail system?
AN X account, @AfricaFirsts, has posted a claim that Nigeria is the only West African country with a light rail system.
The account posted the...
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Video does not show Buhari’s body being wheeled out of London hospital
A video purportedly showing former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari being wheeled out of a London hospital after his death has surfaced online.
The 48-second clip was first...
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Charly boy’s 2024 comment falsely attributed to Emir Sanusi
A statement attributed to the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II,, allegedly responding to President Bola Tinubu’s assertion that he inherited a dilapidated Nigeria...
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Video does NOT show demolition of Igbo shops in Ghana
An X user, Arewa Lukurawa (@lukurawa16703), has posted a video showing a group of youths demolishing shops, with a claim that the shops belong...
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Former president Yar’adua did NOT die abroad
A claim that former president of Nigeria, Umaru Musa Yar'adua, passed away while abroad has surfaced online.
The claim was made by a user on...
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Claim that Aisha Buhari said her husband died in 2017 resurfaces online
A claim that Aisha Buhari, widow of the late former president Muhammadu Buhari, said her husband had died since 2017 has surfaced online.
The claim...
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AI-generated video falsely presented as Rihanna tribute to Diogo Jota
AÂ claim that Barbadian singer Robyn Rihanna Fenty, popularly known as Rihanna, released a music video as a tribute to Diogo Jota has gone viral...
