CLAIM: The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje has been replaced with Hon Ali Bukar Dalori, as Acting Chairman. VERDICT: False!...
CLAIM: This long complex road is in Northern Nigeria as claimed by multiple Facebook users. VERIFICATION: False! FULL TEXT A picture purportedly showing a road in...
CLAIM: A viral photo shows corpses of traders killed in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. VERDICT: Misleading! FULL TEXT Penultimate Thursday, news broke...
CLAIM: Kwara State Government approves the second phase disbursement of conditional cash transfer (Owo Arugbo). FULL TEXT A viral claim has been circulating on social media...
CLAIM: Former US President and second-time presidential aspirant, Donald Trump slams Nigerians for complaining about President Bola Tinubu’s administration. VERDICT: False! FULL TEXT A video has...
CLAIM: A boy from Enugu state built a hydro metallic bomb. VERDICT: False FULL TEXT A Facebook Page, Arise Update Now, claimed in a post that...
CLAIM: A viral video purportedly shows a foreigner physically assaulting a Nigerian worker in Nigeria. VERDICT: Misleading FULL TEXT An X user, UCHECHUKWU (@Yucee), recently posted...
CLAIM: South Africans attack Nigerians living in Johannesburg after Super Eagles defeated Bafana Bafana in the semi-final of AFCON. VERDICT: False! FULL TEXT Super Eagles of...
CLAIM: The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to stop its military campaign in Gaza. VERDICT: Misleading FULL TEXT Leadership News Nigeria, a popular newspaper...
CLAIM: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said he would rather be an Igbo man in his next life than be Yoruba. VERDICT: False! FULL TEXT A viral...
CLAIM: Yoruba Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka popularly known as Baba Ijesha has been released from prison. VERDICT: False! Video is misleading FULL TEXT A YouTube account...
CLAIM: Women in Finland protested half naked against men marrying only one wife VERDICT: Misleading FULL TEXT An X user shared a video of women half...
CLAIM: An X user posted a picture of a military checkpoint claiming that it was shot on a road in the Southeastern region of Nigeria. VERDICT:...
CLAIM: An investigator’s report on the activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria under the embattled former governor, Godwin Emefiele has claimed that Buhari did not...
CLAIM: The Federal Government has revealed a new deadline for the validity of old notes. FULL TEXT A blog post on rovingupdates.com is circulating with the...
CLAIM: The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party and former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, on a Twitter space last weekend, claimed that no...
CLAIM:Wamba LGA emerges as one of the Most Peaceful Local Governments in Nigeria —Daily Trust Newspaper. VERDICT:False FULL TEXT On November 6, 2023, Faisal Arap, an...
CLAIM: A Nigerian player in a Slovanian football club has been sacked for impregnating the club President’s daughter. VERDICT: False FULL TEXT A post has gone...
CLAIM: A skyscraper with 130 stories is under construction in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria. It will be the second tallest building in the world. VERDICT: False!...
Claim: A certain website with the link: https://recruitmentfile.net/nbs-recruitment/ claims that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) will soon commence recruitment exercises and its offering prospective applicants...
CLAIM: Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, said Tinubu’s government lacks legitimacy. VERDICT: False! FULL TEXT A post on Nigeria’s microblogging platform, Nairaland, reads: “Tinubu’s government lacks...
CLAIM: Thugs linked to the governorship candidate of the the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Alhaji Muritala Ajaka, were arrested by a security task force in the...
CLAIM: Yemen has declared war on Isreal, in support of Palestine. VERDICT: Misleading! FULL TEXT A massive bombing of Gaza, a territory occupied by the stateless...
CLAIM: President Bola Tinubu shunned Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, over indictment in a probe report. VERDICT: Evidence does not support claims. FULL TEXT: A post...
CLAIM: A viral post has claimed that three justices of the Supreme Court have recused themselves from the panel that would hear appeals from disgruntled presidential...
CLAIM: Akeredolu’s former deputy governor was impeached while in office VERDICT: False! FULL TEXT Governor Akeredolu recently returned from a medical leave abroad where he spent...
CLAIM: Protest in Sokoto over Mohbad’s death VERDICT: False! FULL TEXT An image on Nigerian microblogging platform, Nairand, purportedly shows residents of Sokoto state protesting the...
CLAIM: Hushpuppy has returned from Prison. FULL TEXT A Facebook user claimed that Ramoni Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, who is serving a jail term in...
CLAIM: A Facebook page claims that over 100 Nigerian soldiers were killed in an ambush in the Republic of Niger. VERDICT: False! FULL STORY A Facebook...
CLAIM: Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin chose to walk alone after attending the funeral of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of Russian Wagner group who died in a...
CLAIM: Nigerien soldier purportedly shooting himself in the mouth and spitting out the bullets, to demonstrate black power bulletproof. The video was posted by Mr Daniel...
CLAIM: French officials destroyed vehicles and other valuables that belonged to them after they were evicted by the military regime in Burkina Faso. VERDICT: False! FULL...
CLAIM: Nyesom Wike is the first Southerner to be named Minister of the Federal Capital Territory VERDICT: Not Exactly. FULL TEXT On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu...
CLAIM: A Biafran militia has seized the Enugu State Government House, and has ordered all soldiers of Northern origin to leave in 24 hours. VERDICT: False!...
CLAIM: A video has gone viral on social media purportedly showing the Minister of Finance in the Niger Republic, Ahmat Jidoud, weeping profusely. The video was...
CLAIM: A page on Facebook claimed in a post that the home of the Chairman of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Haruna Simon Tsamman was attacked...
CLAIM: A post on a Nigerian micro-blogging platform, Nairaland, claims that a Nigerian of Igbo dissent, Jude Igwemezie, has recently been awarded a contract worth $500...
CLAIM: A post on Facebook claims that the Labour Party suffered most attacks related to the 2023 general elections. The claim was attributed to the European...
CLAIM: Multiple posts on social media claim that the governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has appointed his daughter as a Commissioner in the state....
A post that has gone viral on social media and blogs, claims that the Chief Executive Officer of Seaman’s Schnapps, identified as High Chief Emeka Agbanri,...
CLAIM: A Twitter user, Qudus Akanbi (@EleyiLagos) claimed that Edo State generates a paltry three million naira monthly. VERDICT: False! FULL TEXT The tweep who made...
CLAIM:A whatsapp post shared severally claimed President Bola Tinubu promised to offer jobs to graduates of Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDUS) Sokoto. “FREE JOB TO UDUS GRADUATES....
CLAIM: Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of Lagos State claimed that all presidential candidates during the campaigns for the 2023 elections all promised to remove fuel subsidy when...
CLAIM:A Facebook handle, Igbotimes Magazine, on Wednesday, published a photograph with some white men and only one black woman. The post claims that the woman in...
CLAIM: A post has gone viral on social media claiming that the President of Chad, Mahamat Deby warned President Muhammadu Buhari against entering his country after...
CLAIM: A picture has gone viral on Social media and blogs, purportedly showing the home of late Ibadan politician, Oloye Busari Adelakun, who was jailed by...
CLAIM: A Twitter user shared the picture of a wrecked aeroplane underwater, with a claim that the plane is a Malaysian aeroplane which disappeared nine years...
CLAIM: A viral post on Facebook claims that President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the conclusion of election petitions against the President-elect, Bola Tinubu before the...
CLAIM: A seemingly coordinated and widely-shared tweet has gone viral with the claim that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu has appointed the Managing Director of the Nigeria...
CLAIM: Sam Omatseye, Editorial Board Chairman of the Nation Newspaper posted a picture with the claim that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu was with President Muhammadu Buhari...
