The 2024 UK riots, a series of violent protests that swept across England and Northern Ireland, were ignited by a tragic incident: the mass stabbing of three young girls–Bebe King, Elsie Dit Stancombe and Alice Da Silva–at a Taylor Swift dance class in Southport. While the initial crime which occurred in Late July was undoubtedly […]
CLAIM: Teenager Kills 4-Year-Old Boy Over N50,000 In Lagos
Yunusa Umar An image showing a teenager carrying the corpse of a beheaded 4-year-old boy in Lagos State, Nigeria was posted by an X account, @MadukaOgwueleka on September, 16, 2024. The poster claimed that the image depicted a breaking story of a ritual killing from “Yourbaland” that morning. “ANOTHER BREAKING RITUAL KILLING NEWS FROM YORUBALAND […]
CLAIM: Residents of a South-East Community in Nigeria Flee From IPOB Attack
CLAIM: A video circulating online shows thousands of residents walking on streets with the claim that these are residents in a South-East community fleeing from attacks of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
VERDICT: The claim that the video shows the IPOB attack in the South-East community is MISLEADING, though findings show that the video was from Eha-Amufu community in Enugu, a southeastern state in Nigeria but the purported attack was from November 2022.
CLAIM: Harvard College Closes All Classes Over the Use of AI
CLAIM: Harvard College Closes All Classes Over the Use of AI
VERDICT: FALSE
The TikTok account used Artificial Intelligence to generate a false report in a social media stunt to promote TurboLearn AI, attempting to give prominence to the AI learning tools.
CLAIM: Corps Members Receive N77,000 as Monthly Stipend for August
CLAIM: A claim circulating on social media stated that the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, paid corp members N77,000 as monthly stipend for August due to minimum wage increment signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
VERDICT: The claim that corp members received 77,000 naira as stipend for the month of August, is FALSE
CLAIM: Flood Traps Governor Obaseki’s Convoy in Edo State
CLAIM: A video showing cars including trucks trapped in a ravaging-flood with a claim that the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki’s convoy was trapped in the flood went viral.
VERDICT: The claim that Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki was trapped in a flood in Benin is TRUE but the viral clip is not recent, it is footage of the incident which happened in July 2023.
CLAIM: Nigerian Government Supplies Food, Ammunition to Terrorists
CLAIM: A viral video was shared with the claim that the Nigerian government supplies food and ammunition to Boko Haram terrorists and Turji, a kingpin leader.
VERDICT: The claim is FALSE. The video shared to support the claim is misleading and not from Nigeria.
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.
CLAIM: Group CEO of NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari Denies the Return of Fuel Subsidy
CLAIM: A viral video showing the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari, denying the return of fuel subsidy, surfaced on social media.
VERDICT: The video footage which claims that Kyari has disregarded return of fuel subsidy is an old footage from a Channels TV interview from October 2023, hence it is MISLEADING