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FACT-CHECK: Viral Image Does Not Show Tony Elumelu Reconciling With Trainee
BY: Oluwaseye Ogunsanya Claim: Multiple social media users claim that UBA Chairman, Tony Elumelu met the lady that addressed him…
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FACT-CHECK: How True is the Claim That Wizkid Visits Ogogo at Hospital, Gifts Him N300 Million?
BY: Abdulrasheed Akere Claim: The claim that Wizkid, a popular afrobeat singer visited Alhaji Taiwo Hassan, a Nigerian actor also…
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FACT-CHECK: Image Purportedly Showing Nnamdi Kanu is AI-Generated!
BY: Oluwaseye Ogunsanya Claim: An X user claimed in a post that the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of…
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Explainer: The ‘Kwankwaso’ Backing Tinubu Is Musa Illiyasu, Not NDC’s Rabiu Kwankwaso
BY: Mustapha Lawal As Nigeria moves closer to the 2027 general elections, political campaigns for the presidential and National Assembly…
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FACT-CHECK: Claim That Atiku has Stepped Down for Peter Obi Ahead of The 2027 Election is False!
BY: Eniola Amadu Claim: A user on X, has claimed that former Nigeria Vice President and the Presidential candidate for…
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FACT-CHECK: Viral Message Circulating on WhatsApp Claiming Davido is Giving out Free Data and Airtime is False!
BY: Eniola Amadu Claim: Messages circulating on WhatsApp purports Davido, a Nigerian Afro music star is giving out free Ten…
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FACT-CHECK: Viral Photo of APC Governors’ ‘Emergency Meeting’ Is From July, Not After Osun Poll
BY: Mustapha Lawal Claim: An image circulating on X shows APC governors holding an emergency meeting following the party’s defeat…
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FIAP and FactCheckAfrica Equip Young Advocates in Rivers State to Advance Women’s Social Media Advocacy Campaign on Electoral Participation
Rivers State, Nigeria | 13 August 2026 The Fundación para la Internacionalización de las Administraciones Públicas (FIAP), through its implementing…
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FACT-CHECK: Viral Post Misrepresents INEC Result From Isale Aro Salvation Army 1 Polling Unit
BY: Mustapha Lawal Claim: A viral post circulating on WhatsApp, Facebook and X alleges discrepancies in the result recorded at…
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FACT-CHECK: Fadahunsi’s Viral Remarks Do Not Match Claim That He Ordered Action Against Non-APC Voters
BY: Mustapha Lawal Claim: A viral video shows Senator Francis Fadahunsi instructing his supporters to monitor voters and “do the…
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