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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 […]

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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.

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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.

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CLAIM: Viral WhatsApp Video Makes Claims About Inventions and Death of the Inventors

CLAIM: A video clip showing a white dog with the voiceover talking about the year in which several great inventors died has gone viral on WhatsApp.

VERDICT: Almost all the claims by the narrator about the ages of inventors at the time of their death as well as the lifespan of rabbit and tortoise are FALSE and MISLEADING, the only claim which is TRUE is that of Maradona’s age at death

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CLAIM: Trump Advises Tinubu To Reverse Fuel Subsidy, Abolish IMF and World Bank Policies

CLAIM: A video footage posted on TikTok  claims to show former US president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump advising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reverse fuel subsidy removal and other policies to benefit Nigerians.

VERDICT: The claim that Trump advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reapply fuel subsidy and forgo all IMF and World Bank policies is MISLEADING as findings show that the video is an Al-generated content.

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CLAIM: Donald Trump Set to Visit Nigeria For Campaign, Begs Nigerians in USA For Vote

CLAIM: a TikTok user, social media influencer and critic , @real_verydarkman posted a video on his account page showing Donald Trump, former president of the United State of America and 2024 presidential candidate of the Republican party saying that he would visit Nigeria for campaign and also to beg for votes from Nigerians in the United States.

VERDICT: The claim is FALSE as NV-A findings reveal that the video posted has been manipulated with Deepfake tools.

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