Daily Archives: Apr 18, 2026
Fact Guage:
General
Fake list of sundry charges by WAEC circulates online
A Facebook user, Olatoke AbdulAzeez Kolawole, recently posted a list purporting to emanate from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on payment of sundry...
Health
How true is the claim that drinking pineapple with hot water cures cancer?
A video has circulated online claiming that drinking pineapple with hot water can cure cancer.
A Facebook user, Oyindamola Adeniyi, posted the video on the...
General
Twitter did not change action buttons in solidarity of June 12 protest
On Saturday June 12, 2021, Many Nigerians across multiple locations took to the street in protest to show and air their grievance and dissatisfaction...
General
Did Bishop Kukah praise separatist leader, Kanu, as man of truth?
A news report shared online claimed that the current Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto Matthew Hassan Kukah recently described the leader...
General
Claim attributed to late COAS is False!
A few hours after the death of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Ibrahim Attahiru in a military air crash in Kaduna, a viral statement...
COVID-19
Old video on ‘fake lockdown news alert’ circulates online
LESS than 24 hours after the announcement of COVID-19 restrictions across the country by the Nigerian Government, a video of a former National Coordinator...
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...
Government Policy
Samia Hassan Suluhu NOT first female president in East Africa
VIRAL posts on Thursday, March 18, 2021, claimed that Samia Hassan Suluhu, who is set to become Tanzania's next president, would be the first...
