Twitter did not change ‘like’, ’retweet’ button colour in solidarity with June 12 protest
By Bamas Victoria and Niyi Oyedeji
Riding on WhatsApp, scam sites soar in wake of COVID-19
By Bamas Victoria
Malami joins Nigerians to defy ban, access Twitter using VPN
By Bamas Victoria
Facebook CEO didn’t author tweet claiming Buhari cannot ‘think properly’
By Bamas Victoria
How Twitter revved up Inter-ethnic crisis in Oyo amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
By Olugbenga ADANIKIN
Has First Bank closed its South East branches?
By Niyi Oyedeji
Photo shared by Nnamdi Kanu, not of ISWAP, Boko Haram in Nigeria
By Niyi Oyedeji
Covid-19 Checks
COVID-19 restriction: Old video on ‘fake lockdown news alert’ circulates online
Less than 24 hours after the announcement of COVID-19 restrictions across the country by the Nigerian Government, a video of a former National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu, telling the public to ignore lockdown…
Politics
Claim that Buhari travelled to France for a postponed summit is FALSE
A tweet that has been shared over 500 times, claimed that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari travelled to France to attend a summit that was already postponed. The claim was made by Adetutu Balogun with the handle @Tutsy22 which has over…
Security
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 (IPOB) claimed that “ISWAP, Boko Haram and Fulani boys” go around in public with AK47 guns…
General
Old video from EndSARS protest resurfaces online amid June 12 protest
JUST as Nigerians on Saturday, June 12, took to the streets to hold protest against bad governance, corruption, insecurity and other forms of maladministration, an old video of a similar protest, the EndSars protest against police brutality, which held in…
Government Policy
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 Nigeria had ordered the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. This was followed by blocking access…
Economy
Fact-checking Atiku Abubakar’s claims on Nigeria’s out-of-school-children, extreme poverty, unemployment rate
A former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, on March 28, 2021 made several claims that the country is the world headquarters for extreme poverty, the world capital for out-of-school children, and the nation with the highest unemployment rate on…
Health
Does drinking onion juice prevent, treat prostate diseases?
A message shared with the FactCheckHub via WhatsApp on April 20, 2021 claimed that onion juice can prevent and treat prostate diseases. The message which has a call to action “share it to our men” is titled, ‘Onion remedy for…
Elections
Checking Moghalu’s claims on voters turn-out for Nigeria’s 2019 general election
A FORMER Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, said that only 28 million Nigerians voted out of the 84 million people that registered for the 2019 general elections. Moghalu made this claim in a post…
Insights
Riding on WhatsApp, scam sites soar in wake of COVID-19
Troubling misinformation around COVID-19 and its vaccines hits Nigeria. The country also has to bother about cyber insecurity riding on the coattails of the pandemic. In March 2021, an alum posted on her alumni WhatsApp group, “Hurry up and get…
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