Daily Archives: Sep 12, 2026
Fact Guage:
General
Social media post falsely attributes anti-North statement to Akpabio
A VIRAL flyer shared on social media attributes a statement to Nigeria's senate president Godswill Akpabio, alleging that he threatened that northerners would suffer...
ArtificialIntelligence
Claim that youths burned Tinubu posters after Kano APC rally is false
A VIRAL video posted on X by a verified user @abdullahiisha25 purports to show angry youths pulling down and setting fire to billboards and...
Economy
No, Seyi Makinde did not say Tinubu removed petrol subsidy to enrich himself
A VIRAL post on social media attributes a statement regarding petrol subsidy removal to Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde.
Makinde is the serving governor of...
General
Social media post falsely claims routine medical screenings cause cancer
A VIRAL post on X claims that routine medical screening and diagnostic tests, including Pap smears, mammograms, and COVID-19 tests, expose people to cancer-causing...
General
No, Katsina Hisbah did not order all Nigerian states to shut down nightclubs
A claim circulating on X alleges that a Hisbah, a religious police force in Northern Nigeria, has directed every state in Nigeria to stop...
ArtificialIntelligence
No, Sheikh Gumi did not threaten to ‘turn Nigeria upside down’ over banditry
A VIRAL video circulating on social media depicts Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi threatening to cause nationwide unrest if any harm comes to bandits.
The...
Politics
Kura LG chairman did not commission viral pedestrian stairway on Kano-Zaria highway
A POST circulating on X claims that the Chairman of Kura Local Government Area of Kano State, northwestern Nigeria, Rabiu Abubakar Sulaiman, recently commissioned...
General
Governor Adeleke did not ask Davido to delete his tweets about Tinubu or call the APC corrupt
A VIRAL post circulating on social media claims that Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke, said in an interview that he directed his nephew, David...
General
No, Finnish court did not acquit Simon Ekpa
A POST circulating on X claims that Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed leader of the Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), has been acquitted by...
Elections
Osun 2026: Senator Fadahunsi’s ‘kill’ remark in viral video is real, not AI-generated
A VIRAL video circulating on social media shows Francis Fadahunsi, the senator representing Osun East, addressing a crowd of supporters in Ilesa, Osun State,...
