Daily Archives: Aug 13, 2026
Fact Guage:
Health
Cholera did NOT kill 938 people in 22 states as claimed by minister
The minister of environment Mohammed Mahmood Abubakar on Monday, August 23, 2021 claimed that the cholera outbreak has so far led to the death...
Insights
NDA attack: Facts about viral video in circulation
A viral video, on Tuesday, August 24, 2021, emerged on social media shortly after local media reported news of the bandits' attack on the...
Government Policy
Omo-Agege repeats false claim about Buhari’s records
ON Saturday, August 21, 2021, the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate Ovie Omo-Agege repeated the APC cliché about ‘Buhari change’ which Nigerians’ reality...
Government Policy
Did Ugandan President say jailed gay couple will remain confined until one gets pregnant?
ON August 19, 2021, FactCheckHub received a post shared on WhatsApp alleging that the Ugandan President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, said a gay couple would...
Insights
Facebook has removed 18 million posts with COVID-19 misinformation – Zuckerberg
FACEBOOK has removed 18 million posts containing misinformation about COVID-19, the founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg said.
Zuckerberg told "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King...
COVID-19
WHO did NOT rank Nigeria 4th best in COVID-19 response
Many media reports claimed that the World Health Organization (WHO) has ranked Nigeria as the 4th best in COVID-19 response.
These media reports which are...
COVID-19
COVID-19: Claims about transmission via water, vaccine death toll fact-checked
AS the world battle ongoing concerns around COVID-19 vaccine safety, side effects, vaccine hesitancy and refusal, a Twitter user posted that reports related to...
General
Viral photo of road shared on social media not from Kaduna but Pakistan
A TWITTER user on Friday August 13, 2021 shared a picture of a tarred road claiming it emanated from Kaduna State in Nigeria.
The Twitter...
Insights
FactCheckHub masterclass on identifying, debunking misinformation
To commemorate its one year anniversary, The FactCheckHub held a verification masterclass.
The masterclass titled, “How to identify and debunk misinformation,” took place on Zoom...
Webinar
MasterClass: How to identify and debunk misinformation
To commemorate its one year anniversary, The FactCheckHub held a verification masterclass.
The masterclass titled, “How to identify and debunk misinformation,” took place on Zoom...
