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Photo shared by Nnamdi Kanu, not of ISWAP, Boko Haram in Nigeria

A TWITTER post shared on May 24, by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of a separatist group in Nigeria known as the Indigenous People of Biafra...

Nigerian dailies share false claim on rescue of Zamfara schoolgirls

ON Sunday, February 28, 2021, at least two major Nigerian dailies claimed in separate reports that 317 students from the Government Girls Secondary School,...

Oyo crisis: Viral photo of man drenched in blood was NOT shot in 2021

A PICTURE of a man drenched in blood has been shared multiple times online with the claim that it shows a scene from the...

How genuine are pictures of burnt houses in Igangan, Oyo State?  

ON January 23, 2021 several images depicting the charred remains of  burnt buildings were circulated online. The buildings were said to belong to the...

Reports that Assistant Commissioner of Police was shot dead in Edo is FALSE

SEVERAL Nigerian blogs on Sunday, November 15, 2020 reported that an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) was shot dead on Friday in Benin, the...

Claim that Nigeria ranked 3rd on Global Terrorism Index 2020 is MISLEADING

ON September 10,2020, a report by a television news station - Television Continental Nigeria (TVC News Nigeria) -  claimed that Nigeria has emerged the...

Is Nigeria safer than five years ago as claimed by its Army Chief?

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, had on Sunday, July 26, 2020 claimed that the country is safer than...

Is APC luring Abubakar Shekau with vice presidential ticket?

On July 25th, a Twitter account with the handle @AustinNwabufo  and profile name Austin Nwabufo, claimed that Nigeria’s ruling party, the All Progressive Congress...

Claim that 39 Arabians, 16 Russians and 20 Chinese were listed in the FBI most wanted list is FALSE

SINCE the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced through its verified Twitter handle: @FBI, on June 27, soliciting  help to locate six...

Did security agencies foil planned Hezbollah attack on Lagos?

ON June 19, a news report by TVC News Nigeria claimed that security agencies foiled a planned attack by a terrorist group, Hezbollah, on...

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