A post which surfaced on micro-blogging platform, X claims that Nigerian footballer, Ademola Lookman, has been awarded African best player of the year by the Confédération Africaine de Football, CAF. On December 14, an X user, Gen_Buhar posted an image of Lookman with a caption that reads;”Congratulations to Ademola Lookman as he’s crowned the African […]
Image Showing Peter Obi With Dele Farotimi in Front of Correctional Center is Altered
An image showing Dele Farotimi, an human rights lawyer who is currently detained in prison over a defamation suit and Peter Obi, the Labour Party 2023 presidential candidate at the front of the Nigerian correctional service in Ado Ekiti has been circulating on X. The image which was posted by X user, @MO_Shaibu_ showed Obi […]
CLAIM: Yoruba Youths Beat up Nigerian Soldiers
On December 10, an X user, @agnes_nwanneka posted a video with the claim that Yoruba youths beat up Nigerian soldiers for intimidating them. The caption of the 1 minute 57 seconds video reads, “See How Angry Yoruba Youths are dealing with Nigeria Soldiers who came to Intimate them! The beating Loud 😱.” In the video, […]
CLAIM: The Federal Government’s 3MTT Program is Giving Out Free Laptops and MTN Routers
A Google Docs link has been circulating on WhatsApp with the claim that The 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) , a Federal Government-owned project is giving out free laptops grants with MTN routers and 30 gigabytes of data. The forwarded WhatsApp message had the following details: “The Application For The 3MTT Laptop Grant 2024! is […]
