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Beware of malicious Facebook accounts impersonating UNILAG vice-chancellor

At least five Facebook accounts claim to belong to the vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos, Folasade Ogunsola, who is also a professor of...

False claim circulates that Oyo State government is recruiting medical personnel, charges N2,500 for application form

A claim circulating widely in WhatsApp groups says the Oyo State government is currently recruiting medical personnel and has asked each prospective applicant to...

Video does not show Osun governor, Adeleke dancing half-naked

A video showing a man wearing a traditional cap with a wrapper has circulated online with a claim that it shows the governor of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

False claim circulates online that A.A. Rano has filling station in America

A video has circulated on social media showing visuals of A. A Rano filling station with a human voice narrating in Hausa Language that...

False claim about death of Sierra Leone’s former Works minister, Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay circulates online

A claim that a former minister of Works in Sierra Leone, Alhaji Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay, had died has been circulating online. The claim retrieved from...

Did Kanu win CAF award the year Osimhen was born?

AN X account, @Yabaleftonline, has claimed that Victor Osimhen was born the year former Super Eagles forward, Kanu Nwankwo, was crowned African Footballer of...

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Doctored image of Sultan of Sokoto wearing charm garment circulates online

AN X user, @MilesHopkins15, has shared an image depicting...

Again, Buhari makes false claims about Nigeria’s economy, security during his presidency

FORMER Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has once again claimed...

What happens if you “get rid” of fact-checking?

Joel Kaplan, Zuckerberg’s second in command at Meta, has...

AI chatbots more likely to spread false claims in Russian and Chinese – Report

A recent NewsGuard audit across seven languages has found...

False claim portraying Tems as Ghanaian circulates online 

AN X user, @BenopaOnyx1, has posted an image of...

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Doctored image of Sultan of Sokoto wearing charm garment circulates online

AN X user, @MilesHopkins15, has shared an image depicting...

Again, Buhari makes false claims about Nigeria’s economy, security during his presidency

FORMER Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has once again claimed...

What happens if you “get rid” of fact-checking?

Joel Kaplan, Zuckerberg’s second in command at Meta, has...

AI chatbots more likely to spread false claims in Russian and Chinese – Report

A recent NewsGuard audit across seven languages has found...

False claim portraying Tems as Ghanaian circulates online 

AN X user, @BenopaOnyx1, has posted an image of...