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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...

No, Peter Obi did not ask Nigerian Army to reject salary increase until after 2027

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
A claim that Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, called on the Nigerian military to reject the recently announced salary increase...

AI-generated image falsely depicts Simon Ekpa celebrating in court

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
AN X user, @UgoJustrealugo, has posted an image claiming to show Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed prime minister of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile...

Sudan war video falsely linked to terrorist attack in Nigeria

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
A VIRAL video circulating on social media claims to show a child trying to wake his mother after she was allegedly killed by terrorists...

No, video does not show NDC supporters protesting against president Tinubu

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
A video showing a group of women marching along a street has surfaced on social media with the claim that it depicts supporters of...

Old video of Nigeria’s former president Obasanjo calling National Assembly ‘den of corruption’ resurfaces online

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
A VIRAL video circulating on social media claims that former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo recently described the current National Assembly as the worst legislature...
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