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No, security operatives did not arrest pastor for supplying logistics to bandits in Oyo

Security Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A POST circulating on Facebook claims that security forces in Oyo State have arrested a local pastor suspectedly acting as a key logistics supplier...

Dino Melaye uses AI-generated images to depict burial of late General Rabe Abubakar

ArtificialIntelligence Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A former federal lawmaker who represented Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, on Sunday, June 14, posted a collage of images purportedly showing heavily...

Video of armed fighters in forest is from Ethiopia, not Nigeria

Security Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A VIDEO showing a heavily armed group of fighters stationed in a dense forest has triggered panic on social media, with claims that it...

No, gunfight video shows robbery incident in DRC, not Nigeria

Security Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A DISTURBING video showing a heavy shootout and armed men in civilian clothing engaging in a gun battle on an urban street has been...

No, video does not show bandits attack on Abuja community

Security Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A viral video circulating on social media, shared by a verified x user @Somtolism7 on April 9, 2026, claims to show gunshots raining heavily...

Foreign actors misuse picture of murdered muslim villagers to depict christian massacre in Nigeria

Security Fatimah Quadri -
A claim that an Image shows Christians being massacred and being buried has surfaced on the internet. The image shows a large crowd of people...

Claim that video shows bandits receiving arms supply is MISLEADING

Security Fatimah Quadri -
A viral video alongside a claim that bandits and kidnappers have received arms supply and new hunting tools from an helicopter has circulated online. In the...

Claim by Simon Ekpa that Nigerian govt sponsored attack against Christians in Zamfara is MISLEADING!

Security Opeyemi Kehinde -
Simon Ekpa, a Finland-based Nigerian and self-proclaimed separatist leader, has posted a video purportedly showing dead bodies of some Christians in Zamfara State with...

How foreign-linked accounts amplify disinformation about gunmen attack in Nigeria’s Plateau state

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THE widespread public condemnation following the Christmas eve's gunmen attack in Plateau state has paved way for the dissemination of false information amplified, not...

Drone footage of ‘bandits’ posted by Joe Igbokwe is from Kenya not Nigeria

Security Niyi Oyedeji -
FOLLOWING recent bandits’ attacks in Nigeria, the Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor on Drainage and Water Resources, Joe Igbokwe, has posted a video...

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Daily Trust’s infographic on Nigeria’s top 20 universities is misleading

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No, video does not show recent flood disaster in Lagos

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A POST circulating on Facebook claims that security forces...
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