Does this Picture Show an Igbo Monarch Arrested For Robbery and Kidnapping?
An X user, @Onsogbu posted a claim on October 14, 2024 stating that the Imo State Police Command had arrested an Igbo monarch alongside his wife including Pastor and others for robbery and kidnapping. The claim which had picture of the alleged suspect was captioned, “The Imo State Police have
Did Simon Ekpa Claim Okonjo-Iweala Facilitated World Bank Loan For Biafra Republic?
A screenshot has been circulating on X and Facebook, the post is attributed to Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed leader of Biafra Republic. The circulating post reads: BREAKING The World Bank and IMF have agreed to loan the sum of $57.5 billion to Biafra Republic in Exile (BRGIE) to form our
Did President Tinubu appoint Femi Fani-Kayode as Minister and Reno Omokri as CBN Governor?
On October 23, 2024, an X user, @Uptownoflagos claimed that President Bola Tinubu appointed former minister, Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) as the Minister of Finance and former presidential aide, Reno Omokri as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The X user posted a side by side picture of
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
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: 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
Does this Picture Show an Igbo Monarch Arrested For Robbery and Kidnapping?
An X user, @Onsogbu posted a claim on October 14, 2024 stating that the Imo State Police Command had arrested an Igbo monarch alongside his
Did Simon Ekpa Claim Okonjo-Iweala Facilitated World Bank Loan For Biafra Republic?
A screenshot has been circulating on X and Facebook, the post is attributed to Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed leader of Biafra Republic. The circulating post
Did President Tinubu appoint Femi Fani-Kayode as Minister and Reno Omokri as CBN Governor?
On October 23, 2024, an X user, @Uptownoflagos claimed that President Bola Tinubu appointed former minister, Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) as the Minister of Finance and
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,
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.