Disinformation
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Factcheck: These Aren’t Photos Of Weapons Donated To Boko Haram By France
Claim: A set of 661 pump action rifles donated by the French government and destined for Boko Haram terrorist camps…
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Fact-check: No Evidence Linking NIN With SIM Cards Is Targeted At Social Media Users
Claim: A Facebook user with the name, Bas Yahemeka Bijleveld, has claimed that the linkage of National Identity Numbers (NINs)…
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Fact-check: Covifor Is Not A COVID-19 Vaccine, Not Slated For Test In Africa As Claimed In This Viral Message
Claim: A viral WhatsApp message has claimed that Covifor injection, manufactured by the Indian pharmaceutical company, Hetero, is a COVID-19…
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Factcheck: No Evidence Buhari Visited Kankara Days After Students’ Kidnapping
Claim: Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, visited Kankara, a town in Katsina State where hundreds of secondary school students were kidnapped,…
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Factcheck: Buhari’s Portrait Manipulated To Make Him Look Fatter ㅡ And It Misled Many
Claim: Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, is dead and has been replaced in the statehouse with a lookalike: here’s a picture…
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Factcheck: Video Of Boko Haram Capturing Soldiers Not Recent
Claim: Boko Haram released a video of its fighters capturing and beheading Nigerian soldiers. Verdict: Misleading as the video was…
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How Fake Facebook Pages Push Misinformation Using Famous News Brands
Have you been following the official Facebook page of that reputable media outlet or rather one of its many lookalikes?…
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Factcheck: Is Nigeria Country With Most Christians Killed For Their Faith?
Claim: Nigeria is ranked the number one country according to the population of people killed because they are Christians. Verdict:…
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Factcheck: 10 Photos Used to Depict Obigbo Victims Are From Osun, Lagos, Others
Claim: A Facebook group shared 10 photographs, which it said were about the killing and brutalising of civilians in Obigbo,…
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Factcheck: Old, Unrelated Pictures Used To Depict Killings In Obigbo
Claim A Twitter user with the username @DiobuZonePH has uploaded different pictures and claimed there was a bloodbath in “Biafra…
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