Daily Archives: Mar 28, 2025
Fact Guage:
General
False claims that Mike Tyson is dead circulates on Facebook
A claim that a former American professional boxer, Mike Tyson, is dead has circulated widely on Facebook.
The claim was posted on a Facebook group...
General
Did Trump’s inaugural prayer service feature Muslim call to prayer?
A video showing a man performing the Muslim Call to Prayer at the U.S. National Prayer Service held at the Washington National Cathedral on...
Politics
No, Peter Obi was not invited for Trump’s inauguration
A claim that Nigeria's 2023 Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was invited for US President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony has gone viral on...
Politics
No, Traoré did not decline Trump’s invitation to his inauguration
A claim that Burkina Faso's military-backed president Ibrahim Traoré rejected an invitation to attend the inauguration ceremony of the US president, Donald Trump, has...
Insights
What Trump’s second term means for information resilience, media credibility
On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump becomes the 47th President of the United States of America (USA) marking the beginning of his second term...
Tutorials
Armour for the digital age: Three easy tools to help you verify information in 2025
By Kirsten Cosser
If 2024 is remembered as the year of elections, 2025 may be the year of the aftermath. Misinformation thrives in times of...
General
Photo does not show ‘Christian’ house spared in Los Angeles wildfire
AN image showing a white building with a red roof standing intact in a neighbourhood that’s almost fully burnt to ashes has surfaced online...
General
Videos of R. Kelly new single are AI generated!
A claim that a music video released from prison by the US singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly, popularly called R. Kelly has gone viral on...
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...
General
Are HND holders barred from NYSC?
A Facebook user, Obidient Voice, has claimed that holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) are no longer eligible to partake in the National Youth...
