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Video does not show Nigerian children eating human meat

News Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A VIDEO circulating on social media claims to show children in Nigeria eating human meat due to extreme hunger and economic hardship. The accompanying...

Old video of people jostling for food resurfaces online

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
A video circulating on social media claims to show residents of Ibadan, Oyo State, scrambling for 1kg bags of rice recently distributed as federal...

From economic protests to coup agitation: How Nigeria’s hunger march took a radical turn

Insights FactCheckHub -
A protest intended to express public dissatisfaction with the way the Nigerian government was managing the country's economy turned into a march that featured...

Has any Nigerian civil servant received new minimum wage?

Government Policy Nurudeen Akewushola -
An X user, @xagreat, has claimed that no civil servant in Nigeria has received the new national minimum wage since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led...

No, Pastor Adeboye did not stage protest against Jonathan’s administration

Politics Nurudeen Akewushola -
AN image showing the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, holding placards on the street amid...

How waving of Russian flags at ‘hunger’ protest signals growing influence operations in Nigeria

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola -
The August 'End Bad Governance' protest in Nigeria took a new turn on its third day when some Nigerian demonstrators, particularly in the northern...

Video of people looting buried chickens is NOT recent

General Salako EMMANUEL -
An X user, @obongattahikang, has posted a video showing a throng of people holding sacks and shovels to unearth buried frozen chickens from a...

‘Hunger’ protests: Fact-checking Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast to Nigerians

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
FOLLOWING the nationwide protests rocking Nigeria over economic hardship, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu addressed citizens in the early hours of Sunday, August 4, 2024. Since...

Video of February demonstration in Ibadan used to depict planned August protest

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
An X user, @thatverydarkmnn has posted a video of protesting on the streets has surfaced online with a claim that the planned nationwide protest...

Doctored video of Tinubu promising to reduce purchasing power resurfaces online

Economy Nurudeen Akewushola -
AMID the panic surrounding the planned nationwide protest by Nigerians next week, a video purportedly showing the Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, promising to...
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