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Fake list of sundry charges by WAEC circulates online

A Facebook user, Olatoke AbdulAzeez Kolawole, recently posted a list purporting to emanate from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on payment of sundry...

How true is the claim that drinking pineapple with hot water cures cancer?

A video has circulated online claiming that drinking pineapple with hot water can cure cancer. A Facebook user, Oyindamola Adeniyi, posted the video on the...

Twitter did not change action buttons in solidarity of June 12 protest

On Saturday June 12, 2021, Many Nigerians across multiple locations took to the street in protest to show and air their grievance and dissatisfaction...

Did Bishop Kukah praise separatist leader, Kanu, as man of truth?

A news report shared online claimed that the current Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto Matthew Hassan Kukah recently described the leader...

Claim attributed to late COAS is False!

A few hours after the death of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Ibrahim Attahiru in a military air crash in Kaduna, a viral statement...

Old video on ‘fake lockdown news alert’ circulates online

LESS than 24 hours after the announcement of COVID-19 restrictions across the country by the Nigerian Government, a video of  a former National Coordinator...

Claims of COVID-19 vaccine turning people into vampire is FALSE

CHRISTOPHER OGHENEBRORIE Okotie, a Nigerian televangelist and the pastor of the Household of God Church International Ministries in a viral video claimed that taking...

Fact-checking Atiku’s claims on Nigeria’s poverty rate, others

A former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, on March 28, 2021  made several claims that the country is the world headquarters for extreme...

Did Pantami say Nigerians risk imprisonment for not having NIN?

ON FRIDAY, April 2, 2021, many Nigerian dailies and blogs reported that enjoying specified government services without a National Identification Number (NIN) risks 14...

Samia Hassan Suluhu NOT first female president in East Africa

VIRAL posts on Thursday, March 18, 2021, claimed that Samia Hassan Suluhu, who is set to become Tanzania's next president, would be the first...

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False claims that Mike Tyson is dead circulates on Facebook

A claim that a former American  professional boxer, Mike...

Did Trump’s inaugural prayer service feature Muslim call to prayer?

A video showing a man performing the Muslim Call...

No, Peter Obi was not invited for Trump’s inauguration

A claim that Nigeria's 2023 Labour Party's presidential candidate,...

No, Traoré did not decline Trump’s invitation to his inauguration

A claim that Burkina Faso's military-backed president Ibrahim Traoré...

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False claims that Mike Tyson is dead circulates on Facebook

A claim that a former American  professional boxer, Mike...

Did Trump’s inaugural prayer service feature Muslim call to prayer?

A video showing a man performing the Muslim Call...

No, Peter Obi was not invited for Trump’s inauguration

A claim that Nigeria's 2023 Labour Party's presidential candidate,...

No, Traoré did not decline Trump’s invitation to his inauguration

A claim that Burkina Faso's military-backed president Ibrahim Traoré...