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Old video recirculated as Tinubu’s ‘One Million Man March’ in Delta State

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola -
A video showing a small group of people holding in a street rally is circulating on social media with a claim that it shows...

AI-Generated images falsely show Osimhen, VeryDarkMan welcoming Tinubu in Turkey

ArtificialIntelligence Nurudeen Akewushola -
A set of images circulating on social media claims to show Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen and social media activist VeryDarkMan (Martins Vincent Otse)...

No, Tunisia is not the first African nation to launch locally-made satellite

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
A Facebook user, @Afrocania, has claimed that Tunisia became the first African nation to launch a homemade satellite into orbit. The post featured an image...

Video does not show RECENT helicopter crash in Ghana

General Fatimah Quadri -
A video circulating online claims to depict the recent helicopter crash in Ghana. Posted on X by user @INDAfrica, the 33-second footage shows a wrecked helicopter...

Photo does not show Nigerian man arrested for drug trafficking in Ghana

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
A photo showing a handcuffed man in a red shirt has surfaced online with a claim that it shows a Nigerian man of Yoruba...

Video does not show Buhari’s body being wheeled out of London hospital

General Fatimah Quadri -
A video purportedly showing former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari being wheeled out of a London hospital after his death has surfaced online. The 48-second clip was first...

Has US court acquitted Air Peace boss of fraud allegations?

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
THREE Nigerian newspapers, Business Day, Leadership and The Nation, published a story (archived here, here and here) suggesting that the embattled Chief Executive Officer...

Did FG exclude institutions in Southeastern Nigeria from its student loan?

Government Policy Nurudeen Akewushola -
AN X user, @engrico2015, has claimed that the Nigerian government excluded tertiary institutions from the Southeastern region from its students loan scheme it launched...

Omo-Agege repeats false claim about Buhari’s records

Government Policy Ajibola Amzat -
ON Saturday, August 21, 2021, the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate Ovie Omo-Agege repeated the APC cliché about ‘Buhari change’ which Nigerians’ reality...

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Does Sowore want to legalise marijuana for recreational use? Misleading

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A VIRAL video circulating on social media features a...
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Old Adelabu interview fuels APC rejection claim

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ON 30 August 2026, a post began circulating on...
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No, Jonathan didn’t say ‘he would have annulled the 2015 election’

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