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Elections
Video does not show DR Congo election commissioner being beaten and stripped
AN X user, Nkirukamma (@SabinaNkiru), has posted a video of a woman being lynched and beaten by a mob.
She claimed that the woman in...
General
Man City makes false claim about only player to wear World Champion badge for club, country
MANCHESTER City, an English football team, has claimed that her forward, Julian Alvarez, is the only player to wear the World Champion badge at...
Security
Photos do not show gunmen attack in Plateau state
A photo collage showing the interior of a church and a floor stained with blood has circulated online with a claim that it shows...
Economy
No, 72 per cent of Nigerians are not unemployed
ON December 18, 2023, during the daily live political show called 'The Polity' on KAFTAN TV, an analyst and legal practitioner Prince Ojoka stated...
Security
False claim circulates that nobody was arrested, prosecuted for terrorist attacks in Northern Nigeria
AN X user, Shehu Ghazali Sadiq with the username: @shehusky, has claimed that the Nigerian government has never arrested and prosecuted anyone for all...
Security
Old images resurface online amidst Plateau killings
AN X user @endwokeness published a post accompanied with three images and attributed them to the mass killings that took place in Plateau state...
News
How AI shaped misinformation landscape in 2023 – Report
THE rise of artificial intelligence in 2023 has transformed the misinformation landscape as it provided new tools for bad actors to create manipulative articles,...
Government Policy
Claim that banks are seizing funds of unregistered community accounts is MISLEADING!
A claim that commercial banks are deducting monies from unregistered community savings accounts is circulating on social media, particularly on WhatsApp.
The claim was made...
Health
How true is that claim that washing wounds from dog bite with soap and water is effective against rabies?
On December 8, 2023, in response to a post by an X user @fzywa that warns people to avoid dogs due to the fatality of...
Security
Nigerian police spokesman makes misleading claim about firearms recovered in Anambra
On December 19, 2023, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) spokesperson in Abuja, Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi shared images of firearms on X (fomerly Twitter), with a claim...
