CLAIM: An X user posted a video showing two individuals wearing Nigerian Police uniform being apprehended and slapped under the veranda of a building.
VERDICT: The viral video that shows individuals arrested for wearing fake police uniforms to extort innocent people is TRUE but not recent
CLAIM: Russian Military Sets To Visit Nigeria For A Protest Call For Protesting With Their Flag.’.
VERDICT: The claim that the Russian Military Sets to visit Nigeria for war is FALSE. Findings show that the country’s embassy in Nigeria has distanced itself from the activities of the protesters.
CLAIM: An X user posted the inflation rate of different countries on X mentioning including the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, United State of America and Nigeria with figures showing the inflation rate of each country.
VERDICT: Findings revealed that the figures posted by the X user for Germany, Italy, Gambia, Ghana, Canada, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda are TRUE while the ones for the other countries including Nigeria are MISLEADING.
CLAIM: An X user claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed all his senior executives from the South-West region of Nigeria.
VERDICT: This claim is false as checks by NV-A show there are several individuals from the North who are part of Tinubu’s cabinet, leading different portfolios in the ongoing administration.
CLAIM: A YouTuber, MC Bobby Productions, posted a video claiming that former U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Nigerians would no longer need visas to enter the United States.
VERDICT: The video is a FALSE, it is an AI-generated deepfake.
CLAIM: An organ trafficking alert from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been circulating online.
VERDICT: False
CLAIM: Graphic Image Shows Mutilated Back of NYSC Member Brutalised in Zamfara, Nigeria
Verdict: FALSE
CLAIM: Images Shared On X Show Police Torture Citizens During Recent Kenya Protest
VERDICT: Misleading
CLAIM: Nigerian celebrity Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, posted a picture on his X handle, Charly Boy Area Fada 1 (@AreaFada1), criticising the Archbishop of Lagos, Peter Adewale, for allegedly requesting that the government deduct tithes directly from workers’ salaries.
VERDICT: The claim is MISLEADING.
The International Fact Checking Network, IFCN has announced News Verifier Africa (NV-A) as one of the recipients for the second phase of its BUILD grant, worth of its $975,000.
News Verifier Africa is a fact-checking organization committed to promoting truth and accuracy across the African continent. We combat misinformation by verifying claims, debunking falsehoods, and upholding journalistic integrity. Our mission is to foster transparency, accountability, and informed decision-making in media.
