Disinformation
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‘Alert Screenshot’ Of Zamfara Governor Transfer Of 16M To Terror Kingpin Was Forged
A screenshot of a debit alert has been circulating on social media, claiming that Bello Matawalle, the governor of Zamfara…
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Fact-check: ISWAP Attacked Nigerian Army University, Not Main Campus
The Islamic State affiliate attack on Jan. 10 in the northeastern town of Buratai targeted the Nigerian Army Institute situated…
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Factcheck: Video From Central Africa Depicting Helicopter Supply To Nigerian Armed Group
A video circulating online, allegedly depicting logistics supply to an armed group in Nigeria’s unsettled northwestern region, was taken during…
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Factcheck: Igbo Passengers Attacked In Jos? No, Pictures From Zimbabwe, Southern Nigeria
About four pictures went viral on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 29, with the claim that they depicted an attack in…
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Factcheck: Picture Resurfaces Of ‘Made-In-Russia IPOB Rocket’; Still Not True
Last week, Nigerian Twitter user Kingsley Uba Dike (@uba_dike) shared a set of screenshots claiming that a Biafran secessionist previously…
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Factcheck: No, Buhari Did Not Lift 10.5 Million Nigerians Out Of Poverty In Two Years
Claim Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, June 12, 2021, claimed that his administration had lifted 10.5 million Nigerians out…
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Factcheck: Photo Of ‘ISWAP/Fulani Terrorists Chilling In Public’ Not Shot In Nigeria
A picture showing some militants on turbans and military fatigues brandishing assault rifles in an open field surrounded by onlookers…
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Factcheck: Video Of ‘Fulani Terrorists’ On Bikes Shows Burkina Faso, Not Nigeria
A video showing several bikers riding across a vast untarred road, many of them wearing turbans and others putting on…
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Don’t Fall For It: Video Of ‘Mass Conversion In Niger State’ Was Shot In Ivory Coast
Nigerian social media space was flooded Sunday, May 2, with a video supposedly showing the mass conversion of people to…
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Factcheck: Video Of Rapid Gunfire Not Filmed During Boko Haram Invasion Of Niger State
An 18-seconds-long video has been making the rounds on Nigerian social media, purportedly showing young men in the country firing…
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