Daily Archives: Jul 27, 2026
Fact Guage:
Security
Claims of mass kidnapping in Oyo, state of emergency in South West are FALSE
AN X user, @Voiceofigbos, has claimed that 50 people, including five Nigerian soldiers, have been kidnapped by gunmen in Oyo State, and as a...
Politics
False claims that El-Rufai defects to PDP circulate on X
CLAIMS that Nasir El-Rufai, a former Governor of Kaduna State and key figure in the All Progressives Congress (APC), has defected to the Peoples...
Business
No! Dangote refinery is NOT the biggest in the world
An X user, Mohammed Jammal with the username @whitenigerian, has posted a claim that Dangote built the biggest refinery in the world, while he...
Insights
Top sports misinformation that trended in 2024Â
As 2024 ends, we flashed back into a series of events that unfolded in Sports during the year, especially notable misinformation that occurred in...
Business
AI-generated images of ‘damaged’ Nigeria’s central bank building circulate online
A claim that the headquarters of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has being destroyed has surfaced online.
The claim, written in Hausa language, was made...
Insights
Despite UNICEF’s endorsement as Nigeria’s only open defecation-free state, Jigawa struggles with human faeces
By Sunday Awosoro.
NOTE: This story contains distressing images. Viewer discretion is advised.
Wakili Abdu, 63, returned from his farm at sunset in Sabon-Gida, looking uneasy....
General
No, EFCC did not raid Bello El-Rufai’s residence
A claim that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) discovered $800 million, ₦700 billion in cash, and ₦1 trillion worth of drugs at...
Economy
Claim that Kogi is the poorest Nigerian state is FALSE!
A claim that Kogi is the poorest state in Nigeria has surfaced on X.
The claim was posted by a user on the app...
General
Claim that Ronaldo embraces Islam is FALSE!
A video circulating online which claims that Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has accepted Islam by reciting the Shahada in the presence of King...
Politics
Claim that Wike has been banned from entering the Villa is FALSE!
A claim that the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, has been banned from entering Nigeria's Presidential Villa following an event involving the Indian prime minister,...
