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How AI Personalizes Your News—And Why That’s a Problem
By: Ibraheem Muhammad MustaphaEver wondered why the news on your phone always seems to match your interests or opinions? It’s…
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MyAIFactChecker Joins Meta’s Language Technology Partner Program, Boosts Africa’s Fight Against Misinformation
MyAIFactChecker, the pioneering AI-driven fact-checking platform developed by FactCheck Africa, has been officially accepted into the Meta Language Technology Partner…
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FACT-CHECK: Has Tinubu Ordered Rivers Sole Admin. to Handover to Fubara?
By: Quadri Yahya Claim: President Bola Tinubu has ordered Rivers State sole administrator, Retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas to handover to…
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Explainer: Gombe Easter Truck Attack Raises Familiar Fears; Was It Really an Accident?
BY: Mustapha Lawal On April 22, 2025, a post by the X (formerly Twitter) user @OurFavOnlineDoc went viral, claiming that a…
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Fact-Check: Viral Kwankwaso-Tinubu Meeting Video and Pictures Is From 2023
BY: Oluwaseye Ogunsanya ClaimAn X user @KemPatriot posted a video claiming that former Kano Governor and presidential candidate of the New…
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Viral “Bola Tinubu N85,000 Empowerment Scheme” Is a Scam – APC Debunks
BY: Mustapha LawalClaim:“Bola Tinubu Empowerment” scheme is offering N85,000.Verdict: False! It is a scam. The All Progressives Congress (APC) have debunked…
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Fact-Check: Misleading! $1 Was Not Equal to N22 Throughout Abacha’s Rule
BY: Mustapha LawalClaim:$1 was equal to N22 throughout the regime of General Sani Abacha.Verdict:Misleading. While the official exchange rate of…
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Fact-Check: Rivers State Sole Administrator Denies Summoning Suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and His Deputy as Widely Claimed
BY: Oluwaseye Ogunsanya & Mustapha LawalClaim:Rivers State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, summoned suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his…
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Fact-Check: Did IBB and Jonathan Endorse Tinubu for Second Term?
BY: Oluwaseye Ogunsanya ClaimX user, @Onsogbu, posted screenshots of two news headlines purportedly published by BusinessDay and Daily Post newspapers, attributing…
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Fact-Check: Viral Video of Girls Being Flogged in Maiduguri Is Not from an Islamic School
BY: Mustapha LawalClaim:A viral video circulating on WhatsApp and social media platforms claims to show an Islamic teacher brutally flogging…
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