Was There Really A Fire Outbreak At Mandilas In Lagos? On September 17, 2025, @dozidozi1992, an X user, claimed that Mandilas was on fire, without stating the “Mandilas” in question. The claim was posted with an image of the inferno scene and captioned, “Mandilas on fire!!! Where is the Nigerian fire service when you need […]
Mike Tyson Becomes Malawi’s Cannabis Ambassador
Mike Tyson Becomes Malawi’s Cannabis Ambassador On September 14, 2025, a verified blog on X, @AfricaFirsts claimed that legendary boxing world champion, Mike Tyson, had accepted being the cannabis ambassador for the Malawian government. The post, which had an image of Mike Tyson and cannabis cultivators, was captioned, “Malawi 🇲🇼 asked Mike Tyson to be its Cannabis […]
Chad Government Chases Out French Troops
Chad Government Chases Out French Troops On September 11, 2025, a Facebook user @Afrocania made a claim that the French troops have been chased out of Chad by President Mahamat Idriss Deby. The post had an image of Deby and French Military uniformed veterans, with the caption, “BREAKING NEWS!🚨🚨 The French troops have been CHASED […]
CLAIM: Kenyan Man Wakes Up At Mortuary After Being Declared Dead
CLAIM: Kenyan Man Wakes Up At Mortuary After Being Declared Dead A verified X blog @AfricanHub_ posted a claim that a Kenyan man woke up in the mortuary after being wrongly declared dead. The post which surfaced online on September 10, 2025, is captioned, “Kenyan Man Wakes Up in Mortuary After Being Wrongly Declared Dead, […]
Is China Investing $10 Billion In Silicon Valley-Like Project In South Africa?
Is China Investing $10 Billion In Silicon Valley-Like Project In South Africa? Kingsley Okon On September 10, 2025, an X user @Joe_Bassey claimed that China will invest $10 billion in South Africa’s economy to build BRICS’ largest Silicon Valley in Africa. This was posted with a graphic showing China’s President Xi Jinping, South African President […]
Is Burkina Faso Now Producing Coal Without Deforestation?
Is Burkina Faso Now Producing Coal Without Deforestation? On September 6, 2025, an X user @cecild84 claimed that Burkina Faso has started producing coal domestically, without uprooting a single tree, as an environmentally friendly initiative. This claim was posted with the image of packaged charcoal blocks and captioned, “🇧🇫 Burkina Faso domestically produced coal, without […]
Did Nigeria’s Enugu Rangers Recently Sign A Serbian Striker?
Did Nigeria’s Enugu Rangers Recently Sign A Serbian Striker? On September 15, 2025, a Facebook user posted on the group, ‘NPFL, NNL, NWFL News Centre’ claiming that Nigerian Premier League side Enugu Rangers had secured the services of a European player, thereby making the team the first in the country to achieve such a feat. […]
CLAIM: DRC Receives $5 Million Loan Linked To Hormonal IUD From The Gates Foundation
CLAIM: DRC Receives $5 Million Loan Linked To Hormonal IUD From The Gates Foundation Kingsley Okon On September 4, 2025, an X user Joe_Bassey claimed that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s hormonal IUD, previously rejected by Namibia, Burkina Faso, and Mali, has been accepted by the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, and reportedly tied […]
Are Banned Anti-Malarial Drugs Being Sold In Nigeria?
Are Banned Anti-Malarial Drugs Being Sold In Nigeria? On September 1, 2025, a video was posted on X with the claim that anti-malarial medicine is banned across European Union countries, but still sold in Nigeria. The 4 minutes, 9 seconds video listed about 42 antimalarial brands with the caption, “Anti-malaria drugs banned in the EU, […]
Is Niger Republic Set To Establish A National Carrier Named ‘Niger Air International’?
Is Niger Republic Set To Establish A National Carrier Named ‘Niger Air International’? On September 8, 2025, an X (formerly Twitter) based blog claimed that the Sahel nation of Niger republic is about to establish its national carrier which will be known as ‘Niger Air International’. The claim was posted with 2 airline pictures having […]
