A Facebook page, Igbo Times Magazine made a post on January 5, 2025 at about 8:00 pm Nigerian time, alleging that music star, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid has lost his eldest son, Boluwatife, in a plane crash. The post has two pictures placed side by side, one was that of Boluwatife and the […]
Six Claims President Tinubu Made During 2025 New Year Address
On New Years’ Day, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu delivered a New Year’s Day speech where he touched on various topics. The address emphasised a positive economic outlook for 2025 and highlighted key achievements in 2024. NV-A extracted some claims from the president’s address and went ahead to verify them. CLAIM 1 There has been a […]
Did Rapper Eminem shade Nigeria and endorse South Africa?
On November 30, a Facebook page, Abashwe made a post quoting world-famous rapper, Marshall Mathers popularly known by his stage name Eminem, airing his irritation about and dislike for Nigeria. The post had two pictures of Eminem with the caption: “”I’ve never been to Nig€ria 🇳🇬, that country irritat€s me”__ Eminem.” “I remember I had […]
CLAIM: Doctors who found evidence that the MRNA was linked to turbo cancer die in plane crash
CLAIM: 8 doctors who died in a plane crash in Brazil found evidence linking mRNA vaccines to turbo cancer.
VERDICT: While six oncologists and two medics were aboard, only two had cancer-related specialties, and the concept of turbo cancer is a debunked myth associated with anti-vaccine narratives.
