A Facebook user, Zara Onyinye, has posted an image of a building alongside a claim that the Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Ayodeji Balogun a.k.a. Wizkid, owns the school.
The post was accompanied by a caption that suggests that the singer created a free education initiative by building the school as part of giving back to the society.
The post, however, did not specify if the school is a Basic Education or Secondary School. On the purported school building was written boldly: WIZKID FC SCHOOL.
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The caption on the post read:
“WIZKID GIVING BACK TO QUALITY GENERATION JARE
Wizkid FC School is an initiative by Wizkid, a popular Nigerian musician, to give back to his community. Here are some benefits of the school:
- *Free Education*: The school provides free education to students, which is a significant benefit for underprivileged children.
- *Quality Infrastructure*: The school has a modern infrastructure, providing a conducive learning environment for students.
- *Empowerment*: The school empowers students with knowledge and skills, helping them to become productive members of society.
- *Community Development*: The school contributes to community development, helping to reduce poverty and illiteracy rates.
- *Mentorship*: As Wizkid’s initiative, the school may offer mentorship opportunities, inspiring students to pursue their passions.
- *Scholarship Opportunities*: The school may provide scholarship opportunities for outstanding students to further their education. These benefits align with Wizkid’s commitment to giving back to his community and empowering the next generation. ©MGC”
The post has garnered over 300 likes with more than 70 comments and 22 shares as of March 28.
Also, another Facebook page, MGC Blog, also posted the same image on the social media platform on February 8, 2025.
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The claim was also posted on a news blog as seen here.
CLAIM
Photo shows Wizkid FC school that offers free education.
THE FINDINGS
Checks by The FactCheckHub revealed that the claim is FALSE while the image is AI-generated.
Our fact-checker examined the image posted alongside the claim and found out that the word “school” after the Wizkid FC allegedly written on the entrance of the building is wrongly spelt. This prompted him to conduct a reverse image search on the photo using Google Lens.
The results led to multiple posts from various social media platforms and one of them was found on Instagram. The photo has a watermark of Meta AI which indicates that it is AI-generated. To further verify the image used, we checked the image using hive moderation, an advanced AI detection tool, the result shows 98 percent AI-generated.
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In addition, to verify if Wizkid truly owns any school in Nigeria, our fact-checker did a keyword search using the words “Wizkid school” on Google search engine but it yielded no result.
Further checks on Wizkid’s official social media accounts did not yield any result either. Efforts to confirm from the Afrobeat singer yielded no result as at the time of filing this fact-check.
THE VERDICT
The claim that the photo shows Wizkid FC school that offers free education is FALSE; checks show that the image is AI-generated while the claim is unfounded.
