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FACT CHECK: Did customs recruit repentant Boko Haram member as officer?

    FACT CHECK: Did customs recruit repentant Boko Haram member as officer?

You must have seen a viral video where an officer of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) was struggling to salute his superiors appropriately. A viral post making the rounds on social

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FACT CHECK: Did Zuckerberg say Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp will shut down for 7 days?

    FACT CHECK: Did Zuckerberg say Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp will shut down for 7 days?

A post which claimed Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Facebook, said his company’s flagship products will shutdown for seven days has surfaced online and gone viral.

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FACT CHECK: Did Anthony Ukpo’s son say his father died of COVID-19?

    FACT CHECK: Did Anthony Ukpo’s son say his father died of COVID-19?

You might have come across a 54-second trending video credited to the “son” of Anthony Ukpo, late former military governor of Rivers state and retired brigadier. According to news reports,

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FACT CHECK: Did Obasanjo say Igbo are the reason Nigeria hasn’t been Islamised?

    FACT CHECK: Did Obasanjo say Igbo are the reason Nigeria hasn’t been Islamised?

A viral post making the rounds on social media claimed former President Olusegun Obasanjo said Nigerians should be thanking God for the Igbo because they are the reason the country

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FACT CHECK: Does taking painkillers after COVID-19 vaccination cause death?

  FACT CHECK: Does taking painkillers after COVID-19 vaccination cause death?

A viral broadcast message on WhatsApp has claimed that taking diclofenac or anaesthetics for two years after COVID-19 vaccination has

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FACT CHECK: Can COVID-19 vaccine cause impotence as Nicki Minaj claimed?

  FACT CHECK: Can COVID-19 vaccine cause impotence as Nicki Minaj claimed?

Nicki Minaj, the American-Trinidadian rapper, recently stirred heated controversy when she claimed that her cousin did not want to get

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FACT CHECK: Are these photos of ‘military attack against bandits’ shared by Fani-Kayode true?

  FACT CHECK: Are these photos of ‘military attack against bandits’ shared by Fani-Kayode true?

On Tuesday, Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, published a post alongside pictures on his social media platforms where he

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FACT CHECK: Did Ahmed Musa make 100th appearance for Super Eagles against Cape Verde?

  FACT CHECK: Did Ahmed Musa make 100th appearance for Super Eagles against Cape Verde?

On Tuesday, Amaju Pinnick, president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), claimed that Ahmed Musa, Super Eagles captain, has played

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FACT CHECK: Did NNPC make first profit in its 44-year history as claimed by Buhari?

  FACT CHECK: Did NNPC make first profit in its 44-year history as claimed by Buhari?

On August 26, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari announced what was regarded as unprecedented: that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)

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FACT CHECK: Did Sultan make public statement about bad roads in Kano?

  FACT CHECK: Did Sultan make public statement about bad roads in Kano?

A post published by some blogs and shared on social media claimed that Sa’ad Abubakar, Sultan of Sokoto, complained about

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