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Facebook CEO didn’t author tweet claiming Buhari cannot ‘think properly’

General Bamas Victoria -
A photo of a  tweet stating that the president of Nigeria is suffering from the ‘inability to think properly’  which has gone viral on...

Has First Bank closed its South East branches?

Insights Niyi Oyedeji -
A Special Assistant on New Media to Nigeria's Senate President Abubakar Usman on June 2, 2021 claimed that First Bank of Nigeria has closed...

Photo shared by Nnamdi Kanu, not of ISWAP, Boko Haram in Nigeria

Security Niyi Oyedeji -
A TWITTER post shared on May 24, by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of a separatist group in Nigeria known as the Indigenous People of Biafra...

WhatsApp post in circulation makes FALSE claim on free CAC registration, benefits

Government Policy Niyi Oyedeji -
A  post circulating on WhatsApp claimed that the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved free online company registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)...

Fact-checking several claims attributed to Buhari

Politics Bamas Victoria -
IN the heat of the accusations and counter-accusations that Nigeria's Minister for Communications Isa Pantami was sympathetic to terrorists and terrorist organisations, a collage...

Checking Moghalu’s claims on voters turn-out for 2019 elections

Elections Niyi Oyedeji -
A FORMER Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, said that only 28 million Nigerians voted out of the 84...

Fact-checking Atiku’s claims on Nigeria’s poverty rate, others

Economy Olugbenga ADANIKIN -
A former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, on March 28, 2021  made several claims that the country is the world headquarters for extreme...

Ezekwesili, others headline ICIR, ICFJ Knight Fellowship webinar on misinformation

Insights Niyi Oyedeji -
The International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) in conjunction with the ICFJ Knight Fellowship in Nigeria will on Wednesday, March 31st, 2021, hold a...

Burna Boy, Wizkid NOT the first Nigerians to win Grammy

General Niyi Oyedeji -
VIRAL posts on Sunday, March 14, 2021 claimed that Nigerian artistes, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy and Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly...

Viral photo of cattle eating tomatoes is from India, not Nigeria

General Olugbenga ADANIKIN -
ON March 4, 2021, an image posted by a blog showed cattle eating from a tomato heap by the roadside. The blog noted that these...
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Manipulated video falsely shows Peter Obi miscalculating Ghana’s health budget

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A VIRAL video circulating on social media claims to show...
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No, Sheikh Gumi did not threaten to ‘turn Nigeria upside down’ over banditry

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