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No, ASUU has not shut down all federal universities

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
A social media post claiming that all federal universities in Nigeria are currently shut because the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has commenced...

PM News front page altered to link Peter Obi to ‘madness’ testimony

Politics Nurudeen Akewushola -
A newspaper page has surfaced on social media with a claim suggesting that Peter Obi, former Anambra State governor and presidential candidate of the...

Old Peter Obi video resurfaced with misleading claim he defended ‘Yahoo boys’

Politics Nurudeen Akewushola -
A VIDEO showing the presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, speaking inside aircraft has resurfaced on social media with a claim that...

No, Peter Obi did not say Yoruba Muslims are not practising ‘real Islam’

Uncategorized Nurudeen Akewushola -
A FLYER featuring Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has circulated on social media with a claim that he...

No, Katsina Hisbah did not order all Nigerian states to shut down nightclubs

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
A claim circulating on X alleges that a Hisbah, a religious police force in Northern Nigeria, has directed every state in Nigeria to stop...

Nigeria housing project photo miscaptioned as Kenya’s Kilifi development

General Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
AN aerial photo shared on social media claims to show a nearly completed affordable housing project in Kilifi County, Kenya. The post, shared by an...

Image of Zamfara farmers killed in July falsely linked to recent Sokoto attack

Uncategorized Nurudeen Akewushola -
A VIRAL image showing the bodies of people wrapped in blood-stained clothes has been shared on social media with a claim that it depicts...

Video filmed in India falsely presented as Accord Party rally in Osun

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola -
A VIDEO circulating on social media claims to show a large crowd of supporters of Accord Party's Ademola Adeleke, mobilising ahead of the recently...

No, Finnish court did not acquit Simon Ekpa

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
A POST circulating on X claims that Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed leader of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), has been acquitted by...

Video does not show Mary Habila’s father accusing David Umahi of threat

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
A VIDEO circulating on social media claims to show the father of Mary Habila, the 26-year-old physiotherapist who died at the residence of Nigeria's...
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