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No, Harare mayor Mafume made no disparaging remarks about Nigeria

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A POST published on social media by a verified X user @ZwVoice claims that Harare mayor, Jacob Mafume, warned against allowing tricycles (commonly known...

Old Sudan video recycled as Sokoto imam assault

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A VIRAL video circulating on social media allegedly shows youths in Bodinga, Sokoto State, assaulting an imam over claims that he campaigned from the...

US court suspends Trump administration’s visa policy targeting fact-checkers, others

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A United States federal judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump administration's policy that targeted foreign nationals studying online disinformation, hate speech, and content...

How false claims, recycled videos clouded Oyo school abduction

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WHEN gunmen stormed communities along the Ahoro-Esiele/Yawota axis of Oriire Local Government Area in Oyo State and abducted pupils and staff from multiple schools...

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NAFDAC director general inflates Nigeria’s illiteracy rate

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Old Eedris Abdulkareem audio paired with unrelated Seyi Tinubu footage

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NAF 931 spent nearly four years in Germany for maintenance before Ondo crash — Fact-check

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The NAF 931 aircraft that crashed in Ondo State...
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Obi’s Independence Day claims: Fact or fiction?

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FOLLOWING Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day anniversary on 1 October...
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Atiku’s Independence Day claims: What the facts show

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On 1 October 2026, former Nigerian vice president and...

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NAFDAC director general inflates Nigeria’s illiteracy rate

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THE director general of the National Agency for Food...
Politics

Old Eedris Abdulkareem audio paired with unrelated Seyi Tinubu footage

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A video showing Seyi Tinubu, son of Nigerian president...
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NAF 931 spent nearly four years in Germany for maintenance before Ondo crash — Fact-check

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The NAF 931 aircraft that crashed in Ondo State...
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Obi’s Independence Day claims: Fact or fiction?

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FOLLOWING Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day anniversary on 1 October...
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Atiku’s Independence Day claims: What the facts show

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On 1 October 2026, former Nigerian vice president and...