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Riding on WhatsApp, scam sites soar in wake of COVID-19

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Troubling misinformation around COVID-19 and its vaccines hits Nigeria. The country also has to bother about cyber insecurity riding on the coattails of the...

Old video on ‘fake lockdown news alert’ circulates online

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LESS than 24 hours after the announcement of COVID-19 restrictions across the country by the Nigerian Government, a video of  a former National Coordinator...

Ezekwesili, others mull new approach against fake news

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NIGERIA’s former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, on Wednesday, disclosed the need to consider motivating purveyors of factual information, through incentives as a...

FG is NOT giving out COVID-19 ‘survival fund grant

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A VIRAL post circulating on WhatsApp claims the Federal Government of Nigeria is giving out COVID-19 survival fund grant. According to the broadcast message retrieved...

Viral video claiming students ran from forced COVID-19 vaccination was shot in 2019

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A video has been shared multiple times on social media alongside a claim that it shows students running away to avoid forced COVID-19 vaccination. The...

Did Larry King survive multiple ailments, several marriages?

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A few days after the passing of American television and radio host,  Larry King, a post surfaced online in Nigeria that he survived several...

Nigerian govt is not giving out N10,500 weekly COVID-19 support

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ON Saturday, January 30, 2021, a viral claim circulating on WhatsApp says the Nigerian Government is giving out N10,500 weekly funds to Nigerians. The assistance,...

Did WHO say drinking palm oil can stop the spread of COVID-19?

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A message shared on WhatsApp as seen on Friday, January 15, 2021 says experts have confirmed that consumption of palm oil can  help curb...

Atiku Abubakar is not the first Nigerian to receive covid-19 vaccine

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SOME media platforms on Thursday, January 7, 2021 reported that Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President of Nigeria is the first Nigerian to receive...

Did foreign debt under Buhari rise from $11 billion in 2015 to $34 billion in 2020?

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A post made by a social media influencer, Reno Omokri, and shared over 4,000 times on Twitter claims that Nigeria's foreign debt has risen...
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