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False claim circulates on tenure elongation for FCT chairmen, councillors
A claim that the tenures of FCT Area Council Chairmen and Councillors will be extended is circulating on WhatsApp.
The claim was contained in a broadcast...
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False claim circulates about solar eclipse expected on April 8
A claim that the upcoming solar eclipse would last for three days and there would be total darkness globally is circulating on WhatsApp.
The claim...
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No, IT student not behind MTN subscribers’ debt cancellation
An X account, @AkpraiseMedia, posted a photo showing a young man standing handcuffed amid two policemen with a claim that it shows the student...
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How true is the claim that Palm Oil can be used to lubricate automobiles?
On October 31, 2023, a Facebook user Gloryworldtv1 posted a 1 minute 17 seconds video claiming that palm oil can be used as lubricant...
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Claim about snow in Lagos is FALSE
A VIDEO clip shared on July 8 by Sahara Reporters has gone viral on social media. The footage headlined: “Video: Snow-like Chemical Surge Causes...
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FACT CHECK: Solar panel factory in Borno State not Africa’s ‘biggest’ for production capacity
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
POPULAR Twitter account Africa Facts Zone repeated a widespread claim in August 2019 that Nigeria’s Borno State has the “biggest” solar panel factory in Africa.
In...
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FACT CHECK: Does solar tech contribute up to 20% of world’s power production?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
IBRAHIM Ali, a one-time Nigerian minister of state for petroleum resources and former managing director of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), said that “20 per cent of power...
