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Fact-checking Ajayi’s claims at the Ondo 2024 gubernatorial debate

AT a debate organised by Channels TV on Sunday, November 3, 2024, the two leading Ondo State gubernatorial candidates spoke about their plans for...

Image showing Tinubu on sickbed is doctored!

A Facebook user, Sokoto Birni has shared an image that shows the Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, lying down on a sickbed in a...

False claim that Nigeria has the second-largest burden of HIV infection globally circulates online

AN X user, @Osi_Suave, has claimed that Nigeria has the second-largest burden of HIV infections in the world, adding that the West African nation...

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

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...

Does placing banana peels on forehead relieve headache?

A claim that placing banana peels on human's forehead relieves headache has surfaced online. The claim, posted by an X user, @Nig_Farmer, stated that humans...

How true is that claim that washing wounds from dog bite with soap and water is effective against rabies?

On December 8, 2023, in response to a post by an X user @fzywa that warns people to avoid dogs due to the fatality of...

Does ‘Kush’ cause swollen limbs and sores?

A claim circulating online and offline among Sierra Leoneans says that smoking a type of Cannabis popularly called 'Kush' in local parlance leads to...

Are HIV+ persons barred from migrating to Canada, Australia or UAE?

There have been arguments on the X app after a post, warning against the harms of the HIV disease, stated that being positive could...

DUBAWA’s report on ‘Baba Aisha herbal medicine’ wins at Global Fact 10

Dubawa has emerged winner of the highest impact fact-check at the Global Fact 10 awards held in Seoul, South Korea on Friday. Announcing the winners...

2023 election: Fact-checking 12 claims made by Kwankwaso at Chatham House

THE presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 made several claims on Nigeria's current...

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EXPLAINER: What are the requirements, procedures for creating new states in Nigeria?

THE House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review on...

What TikTok users should do to avoid violating its community policies

RECENTLY, TikTok released its latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report...

Doctored image showing Wole Soyinka as hunter circulates online

AN X user, @AfonjaSlayer, has posted an image of...

Nigerian influencer makes false claims about Boko Haram insurgency, kidnapping

A Nigerian influencer and social commentator, Isaac Fayose, has...

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EXPLAINER: What are the requirements, procedures for creating new states in Nigeria?

THE House of Representatives Committee on Constitution Review on...

What TikTok users should do to avoid violating its community policies

RECENTLY, TikTok released its latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report...

Doctored image showing Wole Soyinka as hunter circulates online

AN X user, @AfonjaSlayer, has posted an image of...

Nigerian influencer makes false claims about Boko Haram insurgency, kidnapping

A Nigerian influencer and social commentator, Isaac Fayose, has...