Covid-19 Checks
Are hand sanitisers flammable?
A surveillance footage shows a man who had drenched his hair and bare body with hand sanitiser bursting into flames seconds after being tased by the Police. This was reported by the New York Post. The report generated reactions, part…
Politics
Old photo of Kwankwaso supporters resurfaces online as he visits Gombe state
FOLLOWING the visit of the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to Gombe State, an old photo of his supporters has circulated online. A Twitter user, Engr Musa Jameel, with the username @jameel2024, who…
Security
Reno Omokri makes false claims about terrorism in Nigeria, Lagos’ debt
SPEAKING during a virtual interview with Arise TV on the 9th of August, 2022, Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan said that Nigeria is currently ranked as the third most insecure country in the world according to…
General
Misleading reports circulate that Buhari’s daughter, Zahra bags First Class in Architectural Science
MULTIPLE media reports have circulated online that the daughter of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, Zahra, recently graduated from a foreign university. Several media outlets and social media users have claimed that Zahra Buhari recently bagged a First Class Honours in…
Government Policy
Claim that Sokoto govt approves death penalty law for blasphemy is FALSE
MULTIPLE posts circulating on social media claimed that the Sokoto State Government has enacted a law, approving the death penalty as punishment for the offence of blasphemy committed in the state. The claims circulated online following the civil unrest in…
Economy
Peter Obi makes false claim about Nigeria’s total export in 2021
THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has claimed that Nigeria’s total export was less than 30 billion US dollars in 2021. According to a report by The Punch, Obi made this claim while speaking in Umuahia, Abia…
Health
Did US-funded Biolabs in Nigeria lead to monkeypox outbreak?
The media space, especially social media platforms, has been inundated with claims that the current spread of monkeypox was linked to at least four United States biological laboratories in Nigeria. Monkeypox in 2022 was first found on May 6 in…
Elections
Charly Boy’s tweet about INEC discontinuing electronic transmission of results is FALSE
NIGERIAN singer, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, aka Charly Boy, has tweeted that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, would no longer transmit the result of Nigeria’s 2023 general election electronically as required by the law and urged the Nigerian youths to…
Insights
2023: Partisan politics and online hate speech among journalists
By Joy Jaiyesimi The 2023 election fever has gripped many Nigerians, politicians and political parties alike. So also, the society, mainstream media, online blogs, and social media platforms have been so polarized in Nigeria. “You’re either in my camp…
