A video of a young lady calling out the chairman of the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Central Bank of Nigeria, Governor is making the rounds on micro-blogging platform, X with a number of users claiming she w is the daughter of Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has gone viral on X. […]
Fact-Check: Allegations of Sexual Assault by Police Officer in Edo State
A video circulating on social media purports to show a yet-to-be identified Police officer with a woman lying helpless on a sofa in a private room, is making rounds with a claim that the woman was allegedly raped by the officer. An X user, The Benin Blogger with 745 followers posted the clip of alleged […]
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: 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: 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: 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.
Fact-checking Presidential Aide on President Tinubu’s One Year Economy Scorecard
CLAIM: the Special Assistant to President Tinubu on Social Media, Olusegun Dada with the X username, @DOlusegun posted an infographic showing how the president had improved Nigeria’s economy since inauguration in May 2023.
VERDICT: The claims made by the Special Assistant to President Tinubu on Social Media, Olusegun Dada on Tinubu’s scorecard with the economy is PARTIALLY TRUE.
CLAIM: Russian Military Set To Visit Nigeria After #ENDBADGOVERNANCE Protesters Waved Their Flag
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.