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Malami joins Nigerians to defy ban, access Twitter using VPN
Did the Nigeria Attorney General of Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami flout Twitter ban? a question posed to the FactCheckHub for verification.
The Federal Government of...
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Is Nigeria the only country in Africa where Twitter is restricted?
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on June 5, 2021 claimed that Nigeria is the only African country where Twitter is restricted.
SERAP made...
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WhatsApp post in circulation makes FALSE claim on free CAC registration, benefits
AÂ post circulating on WhatsApp claimed that the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved free online company registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)...
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Did Pantami say Nigerians risk imprisonment for not having NIN?
ON FRIDAY, April 2, 2021, many Nigerian dailies and blogs reported that enjoying specified government services without a National Identification Number (NIN) risks 14...
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Samia Hassan Suluhu NOT first female president in East Africa
VIRAL posts on Thursday, March 18, 2021, claimed that Samia Hassan Suluhu, who is set to become Tanzania's next president, would be the first...
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Does a woman need the approval of a male relative before she can adopt a child in Nigeria?
A tweet circulated online claims that in Nigeria a woman cannot adopt a child without getting a male relative to approve the adoption.
The post...
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Claim that Bill Gates called for decimation of Africans is false!
A video claiming that computer magnate, Bill Gates said that the world should be depopulated starting from the elimination of Africans has resurfaced online...
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NIMC did not threaten subscribers yet to do NIN-SIM linkage as reported online
THE Punch newspaper on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 reported that the Federal Government of Nigeria told subscribers yet to do the Subscriber Identification Modules...
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Can a woman post bail in Nigeria?
One of the issues that comes up when discussing gender bias in Nigeria both online and offline is that “a woman cannot post bail...
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False claim circulates online that Nigerians will now pay $15,000 bond to get US visa
Multiple posts on social media platforms claim that Nigerians will pay fifteen thousand Dollars- bond to the U.S. government as a "new rule" to...
