Fact-Check

On Sunday, February 13th, 2022, a Twitter user with the name Ahmed Shehu tweeted that PDP won all chairmanship & councillorship seats in the FCT council polls conducted by INEC. In his tweet, he stated that “PDP wins all chairmanship & councilorship seats in the council polls conducted by INEC Yesterday . in FCT Abuja…. The tweet had generated […]

Adeyemi Okediran A video has gone viral on the internet for the past few days. The video was said to be a recap of what Nigeria has experienced in the mid-1970. The caption in the viral video reads: “Fuel scarcity in 1974! Pls check if you can see the type of car you are using, […]

Adeyemi Okediran An image has gone viral on the internet claiming that the former President of the United States of America, Barack Obama has unveiled former Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha’s presidential campaign banner for the 2023 election. In the image shared, President Barack Obama was seen standing alongside a man while the proclaimed banner was […]

Adeyemi Okediran On Sunday, February 20, 2022, a Twitter user Oluwatomiwa tweeted a TikTok video embedded with ‘Asiwaju for 2023’ with the caption “Is this true??? 😮😮😮 AT 22 Chioma Church #Breakfaststories Slim #SuperClash” The tweet has generated 18 comments, 33 quotes and retweets, and 115 likes while the video has 8,955 views as of the time of fact-checking […]

Okediran Adeyemi On Thursday, December 23, 2021, a Facebook user with the name Paul Onovoh posted an image of three men on handcuff with cocaine ice before them, claiming they were Nigerian arrested for drug trafficking in Cambodia. The content written above the picture reads: “Three Nigerian men who were caught with cocaine “ice” in Cambodia has been charged […]

Okediran Adeyemi On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, a Twitter user with the name Frank Justice with the username, @Talk2_Frankjay, tweeted a picture claiming former Ogun state governor, Gbenga Daniel was the one holding a kettle of water in a viral picture of Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka. The tweet read: “That is Wole Soyinka seated after his release from […]

Adeyemi Okediran On Sunday, November 7, 2021, a Twitter user with the name Linda Ottori claimed that the African Union Commission’s chairperson called for the temporary relocation of the Commission and its staff from Ethiopia. The tweet read thus: “Just in. internal communication for @_AfricanUnion, staff are told to immediately leave the capital with their valuables until […]

Adeyemi Okediran A broadcast picture went viral on social media claiming that Obi Cubana took a selfie with EFCC officers as they released him. Multiple social media handles had shared the image with the inscription that he took a selfie with the staff. CLAIM N-VA extracted the claim, “Obi Cubana Poses With EFCC Officers,” and […]

A viral broadcast message on social media platforms claimed that the major sponsor of #BBNaija Season 6, ABEG APP, is rewarding bbnaija fans with ₦30,000 cash to support them. The broadcast was shared with a web link for the fans to register in order to get the support fund. The message on the viral broadcast […]

Zainab Sanni Shayo is a fierce anti-vaxxer who has used his WhatsApp status to campaign vigorously against COVID-19 protocols and in recent times, the COVID-19 vaccine. The middle aged young man says COVID-19 is a disease planted by Bill Gates and the United Nation to destabilize the church, adding that he has concerns about the […]