Daily Archives: Jul 27, 2026
Fact Guage:
General
Misleading 2020 global terrorism ranking resurfaces online
IN April 2021, following widespread killings and attacks in Nigeria, a former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar shared a contentious infographic which showed the top countries...
Elections
Checking Moghalu’s claims on voters turn-out for 2019 elections
A FORMER Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, said that only 28 million Nigerians voted out of the 84...
COVID-19
No evidence mRNA COVID-19 vaccines reduce lifespan
AN Irish Professor and anti-vaccination advocate, claimed in a video circulated on WhatsApp, in Nigeria, that the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine can reduce the lifespan...
Health
Does drinking onion juice prevent, treat prostate diseases?
A message shared with the FactCheckHub via WhatsApp on April 20, 2021 claimed that onion juice can prevent and treat prostate diseases.
The message which...
Tutorials
How to trace images online using Yandex
THEREÂ are several ways to verify images online. The FactCheckHub had earlier explained how TinEye and Google Reverse image tools can help to achieve...
COVID-19
Claims of COVID-19 vaccine turning people into vampire is FALSE
CHRISTOPHER OGHENEBRORIE Okotie, a Nigerian televangelist and the pastor of the Household of God Church International Ministries in a viral video claimed that taking...
Economy
Fact-checking Atiku’s claims on Nigeria’s poverty rate, others
A former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, on March 28, 2021Â made several claims that the country is the world headquarters for extreme...
Government Policy
Did Pantami say Nigerians risk imprisonment for not having NIN?
ON FRIDAY, April 2, 2021, many Nigerian dailies and blogs reported that enjoying specified government services without a National Identification Number (NIN) risks 14...
Insights
Ezekwesili, others mull new approach against fake news
NIGERIA’s former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili, on Wednesday, disclosed the need to consider motivating purveyors of factual information, through incentives as a...
Webinar
Ezekwesili, other panellists at ICIR, ICFJ webinar mull new approach against fake news
Nigeria’s former Minister of Education Dr Oby Ezekwesili says there's a need to consider motivating purveyors of factual information through incentives to discourage the...
