Daily Archives: Jun 26, 2026
Fact Guage:
General
False claim on presidential aircraft attributed to Akpabio circulates online
A verified X user, @Frankekechukwu, has claimed that the Nigerian Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, made a public statement regarding the purchase of two new...
News
Fact-checking essential to free speech, not censorship – IFCN
Fact-checkers from across the world have called on the public to support the fact-checking community globally as they face increasing hostility, including online threats,...
News
Over 900 AI-generated news websites uncovered – Report
NewsGuard said it has identified over 900 Unreliable AI-generated news and information websites labeled "UAINS".
The findings come from NewsGuard's AI Tracking Center, which aims...
Security
Iranian PressTV publishes misleading claim on numbers of Israeli soldiers with disability from Gaza war
THE Iranian state-owned PressTV has claimed that 70,000 Israeli soldiers have been disabled with thousands wounded in the ongoing Israel-Gaza war since October 7,...
News
Again, Okonjo-Iweala debunks viral post on Nigeria’s debt profile attributed to her
THE Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has debunked a viral quote attributed to her regarding Nigeria's debt profile and fuel subsidy removal.
She...
News
FactsMatterNG, 38 others get Google/YouTube grant from IFCN
FactsMatterNG, a Nigerian digital-driven organisation that supports fact-checking amplification across social media platforms, is among the 39 organisations from 34 countries that receive a...
Politics
How true is the claim that democracy began from Igbo land
AN X user, @igbohistofacts, has posted a video with a claim that democracy began globally from Igbo land.
The claimant attributed the claim to Bruce...
News
67 per cent of top brands inadvertently advertise on misinformation websites – Study
A study published in the journal, Nature, by researchers at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon has shown that most prominent brands are inadvertently funding online...
Security
Video of soldiers in armoured tanks, heading out for operation is NOT recent
AN X user, @ObiFran83678258, has posted a video on the social media platform with a claim that the Nigerian Army is heading out for...
Economy
UPDATED: Federal lawmaker amplifies false claim about Nigeria’s gold reserve
EDITOR'S NOTE/CORRECTION:
* The featured image has been changed to that of a gold bar, which is the primary element in the claim while the...
