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FACT CHECK: Did OPay Announced Exit From Nigeria?
A post circulating on Facebook and WhatsApp claims OPay, a mobile money operator, has announced its withdrawal from the Nigerian...
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CDD War Room Debunks Viral “SSS Security Alert” on WhatsApp as Fake
A viral message purporting to be a security alert from the State Security Service (SSS), also known as the Department...
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“’I Don’t Use WhatsApp Broadcasts’: Okonjo-Iweala Denounces ‘Fake’ WhatsApp Message
The Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has firmly denounced a "fake" message circulating on WhatsApp...
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Police Debunk “Old” Viral Video of Officers’ Street Fight
The pattern of disinformation wherein old videos are circulated as if they are recent has again come to the fore....
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Fact Check: Does Image Show Ex-Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello Climbing Gate to Evade EFCC Arrest?
Claim: An image circulating social media shows former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello climbing over a steel gate to avoid arrest...
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CDD Fact-Checkers Debunk Video Alleging Senator Jimoh Ibrahim Instructed Thugs To Kill
On April 29, 2024, a video went viral across social media platforms, particularly on X (formerly Twitter) and WhatsApp. The...
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FACT CHECK: Has Federal Government Scrapped FRCN, ICPC, And Other Agencies Federal Agencies?
A video showing Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination, Hadiza Usman, has been circulating on social media...
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