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Viral photo does not show wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370
A claim that the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 that disappeared nine years ago has been found under an ocean with no human skeleton in...
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Viral image of Peter Obi with Tinubu is photoshopped
A photo of the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and President-elect Bola Tinubu with speaker of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila,...
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Phishing scam: a misinformation tool threatening cyber security
In recent times, we've seen various phishing scams play out on multiple online platforms that give way for hackers to get information and play...
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Parody, Stan accounts fuelling misinformation in Nigeria
This year Nigeria held its general election, which saw the proliferation of mis / disinformation in the social media space.Â
The Corporate Accountability and Public...
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Viral images do not show Akeredolu on Aiyetoro beach in Ondo State
A Twitter user, Dr. Abiola Oshodi, with the username: @AbiolaOshodi, has shared four images of Rotimi Akeredolu, the Ondo state governor, on a beach...
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Beware! Scam website circulates in wake of FG’s plan to distribute fuel subsidy removal palliative
A claim that the Nigerian government has started distributing fuel subsidy removal palliative to fifty million Nigerians has been circulating on WhatsApp.
The claim was...
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Sam Omatseye shares misleading tweet about Tinubu with Buhari in Saudi Arabia
SAM Omatseye, a renowned Nigerian columnist with The Nation newspaper, has tweeted an image showing Nigeria's President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and President Muhammadu Buhari...
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False claim circulates that Mike Ozekhome to appeal ex-convicts’ cases
A claim that Mike Ozekhome, a Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, said that ex-convicts are approaching him to appeal their cases in court...
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Claim that National Population Commission is still recruiting is FALSE!
A claim that the National Population Commission (NPC) is recruiting more Ad-hoc staff to fill in shortage of officials for this year's population census...
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No! 19-year-old man did not commit suicide after Peter Obi lost 2023 presidential election
A claim has circulated online alongside an image that a 19-year-old young man from Plateau State had committed suicide following Peter Obi, the presidential...
