Daily Archives: Jul 27, 2026
Fact Guage:
General
How true is the claim that the Lagos-Kano railway project costs $2.6bn?
An X user, @IamThatNaijaGuy, has claimed that the Lagos - Kano railway cost $2.6billion in Nigeria.
He made the claim in a social media...
News
Okonjo-Iweala debunks claim of bringing investors to Nigeria
THE Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has debunked a viral message stating that she is bringing investors into Nigeria.
She...
Politics
Viral video showing Yahaya Bello inside car is NOT recent
A video showing Yahaya Bello, a former governor of Kogi State, listening to music inside a luxury car has resurfaced online.
In the footage, Bello...
Security
Video of crowd fleeing their homes is from Burkina Faso not Zamfara
AN X user, Serah Ibrahim (@TheSerahIbrahim), has posted a video showing a huge crowd of mostly women with a claim that the footage shows...
Uncategorized
No! Opay is not exiting Nigeria
A viral claim that Opay has reportedly announced its decision to exit Nigeria has been circulating on WhatsApp.
The claim was contained in a WhatsApp...
News
How ICIR-led fact-checking clubs in Nigerian universities are taking media literacy campaigns to grassroots
In an era where misinformation spreads like wildfire, the Countering Misinformation and Promoting Media Literacy (CMPML) project of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting...
News
Maria Ressa, Levitsky, others headline GlobalFact 11 as keynote speakers
Maria Ressa, a Filipino-American journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been announced as the keynote speaker for this year's Global Fact-Checking Summit tagged...
Business
Fact-checking claims about companies that have exited Nigeria under Tinubu presidency
AN X user, @Irunnia_ has listed eight companies that have allegedly left Nigeria since Bola Ahmed Tinubu became Nigeria's president in May 2023.
Nigeria has...
News
Deceptive crypto platforms use celebrities’ images to defraud people on X – Report
A new report by Maldita.es has exposed a widespread scam on X (formerly Twitter) targeting users with fake cryptocurrency investments.Â
The report revealed that the...
Tutorials
Online tools to identify and counter misinformation on the internet
IN an era where misinformation proliferates online, the need for effective tools to identify and counter false information has become increasingly urgent.
From fact-checking platforms...
