Old ISIS videos resurface online, construed as killing of Christians in Afghanistan
By Olugbenga ADANIKIN
Are SIM cards made in Nigeria?
By Olugbenga ADANIKIN
Video does NOT show Christians wrapped in plastic bags in Afghanistan
By Olugbenga ADANIKIN
NDA attack: Facts about viral video in circulation
By Olugbenga ADANIKIN
Omo-Agege repeats false claim about Buhari’s records
By Ajibola Amzat
Covid-19 Checks
WHO did NOT rank Nigeria 4th best in COVID-19 response
Many media reports claimed that the World Health Organization (WHO) has ranked Nigeria as the 4th best in COVID-19 response. These media reports which are archived here, here and was also published by the Nigerian embassy in Sweden all attributed…
Politics
No! Kenyan government official did not threaten CNN’s Larry Madowo on live TV
POPULAR Nigerian blog, Instablog9ja, on Thursday, 26th August 2021, posted on its Instagram page a viral video that claimed that a Kenyan government official chided CNN Journalist, Larry Madowo. The same video was also posted on several YouTube channels albeit…
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 ISIS videos resurface online, construed as killing of Christians in Afghanistan
NOTE: Graphic images, readers discretion is advised. A video showing footage of gruesome killings is being shared in Nigeria on the WhatsApp platform with the claim they are Christians executed in Afghanistan by the Taliban for not renouncing their faith. …
Government Policy
Omo-Agege repeats false claim about Buhari’s records
ON Saturday, August 21, 2021, the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate Ovie Omo-Agege repeated the APC cliché about ‘Buhari change’ which Nigerians’ reality and credible data have contradicted. At a lecture held in Lagos during the weekend, the deputy…
Economy
Are SIM cards made in Nigeria?
MINISTER of Communication and Digital Economy Isa Pantami told the press that Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards are now manufactured in Nigeria, this was met by disbelief in some quarters. Pantami told the press that the development is a product…
Health
Nigerian minister’s claim that cholera killed 938 people in 22 states is MISLEADING
The minister of environment Mohammed Mahmood Abubakar on Monday, August 23, 2021 claimed that the cholera outbreak has so far led to the death of 938 lives in 22 states in Nigeria. Abubakar disclosed this at a press briefing to…
Elections
Beware! Fake website for INEC voter’s registration circulates online
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in June commenced Continuous Voter Registration exercise to register those who have attained the legal age and also attend to other related issues like transfer of Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVC), replacement of lost cards…
Insights
NDA attack: Facts about viral video in circulation
A viral video, on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, emerged on social media shortly after local media reported news of the bandits’ attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) in Afaka, Kaduna State. The one-minute 49-second video shows turbanned armed men…
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