Daily Archives: Jul 27, 2026
Fact Guage:
News
No, FG has not announced renaming of Kwara to Odo Oya State
A GRAPHIC circulating on social media claims that the Federal Government of Nigeria has officially announced the relocation of Kwara State from the North...
ArtificialIntelligence
How detection tools fail to spot AI-generated misinformation
THE race between generative Artificial Intelligence tools and the software built to detect them is heavily lopsided. While AI image and video generators are...
General
World University Rankings : Why Daily Trust’s infographic is still misleading
On July 2, FactCheckHub published a fact-check, rating an infographic by Daily Trust claiming to show the Top 20 Nigerian Institutions on World University...
News
No, Justice Haruna Tsammani did not go blind after eye surgery in London
A POST circulating on social media claims that Justice Simon Haruna Tsammani, the Court of Appeal judge who chaired the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal...
General
Daily Trust’s infographic on Nigeria’s top 20 universities is misleading
A VIRAL infographic shared by Daily Trust claims to show the top 20 Nigerian universities following the release of the prestigious 2026 Times Higher...
Climate Change
No, video does not show recent flood disaster in Lagos
A VIDEO circulating on social media claims to show a recent devastating flood sweeping away a resident in Lagos State.
The post, published by an...
Politics
Viral video does not show Ogun deputy governor, commissioners prostrating for Dapo Abiodun
A VIDEO circulating on social media claims to show the Deputy Governor of Ogun State and members of the State Executive Council prostrating before...
Security
No, security operatives did not arrest pastor for supplying logistics to bandits in Oyo
A POST circulating on Facebook claims that security forces in Oyo State have arrested a local pastor suspectedly acting as a key logistics supplier...
News
Video does not show Nigerian children eating human meat
A VIDEO circulating on social media claims to show children in Nigeria eating human meat due to extreme hunger and economic hardship. The accompanying...
News
ICIR/FactCheckHub wins Global Fact-checking Award
THE International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) and FactCheckHub have won the Gold Standard Award at the 2026 Global Fact-Checking Awards for their investigation...
