Fake News Police
Fact Check: Has Nigeria’s Central Bank Introduced a New Naira Policy on Tinubu’s Orders?
There's been a viral claim circulating on social media recently, suggesting that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is gearing...
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Fact Check: Did Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Judgment Carry Watermark Indicating Tinubu’s Lawyers Wrote It?
Social media has been abuzz with a circulating screenshot of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal's judgment, which features the watermark...
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Fact Check: Was a Nigerian Soldier Dismissed for Preaching Christianity
A viral video featuring a dismissed military personnel suggests that he was arrested and dismissed from the force for "spreading...
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Fact Check: Putin did not Attend Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Funeral
A recent social media post by @ehimaggie claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the funeral of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the...
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Fact Check: Is Tinubu Planning To Change Nigeria’s Currency From Naira to Dollar?
The Explainer Team of Fact Checkers recently investigated a TikTok video making claims about Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's alleged...
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Fact Check: How True Is Viral Video Allegedly Showing Nigerien Soldiers Warning President Tinubu and ECOWAS?
A video making rounds on social media, supposedly featuring Nigerien soldiers issuing a warning to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has...
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CDD, NED roundtable alerts on threats posed by mis/disinformation
As the threat posed by fake news, misinformation and disinformation continue to manifest in Nigeria and the West Africa sub-region,...
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Fact-check: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Never Issued Any Press Release About Meeting with President Tinubu
A press release purportedly from Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been circulating...
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Fact Check: The purported Elon Musk Bitcoin Giveaway is false
Recently , a Facebook page named "Elon Musk Official Pager" has garnered attention for promoting a generous Bitcoin giveaway campaign,...
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NJC Refutes Viral Letter Alleging Transfer of Judicial Powers to State Governors
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has refuted a viral letter that purportedly suggests a transfer of statutory powers and functions...
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Fact Check: Biafra Militia Seizing Enugu Government House and Urging Northern Military to Leave
In response to the recent ban on the sit-at-home directive declared by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra...
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Fact-Check: Aboru Pipeline Leakage Video in circulation is 3 Years old!
A video circulating on Facebook and WhatsApp, claiming a pipeline leak in Aboru village, Lagos state, has caught the attention...
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