A video purportedly showing a man assaulting and threatening teachers in a classroom is making rounds on LinkedIn. This video was posted by a LinkedIn user identified as Titilayo Mafikuyomi on October 17, 2024. The 46-seconds footage showed a man assaulting a female teacher when another female rushed to the scene to intervene and mediate, […]
Does This Video Show Women Carrying Bags of Rice Gifted to them by the Government?
Yunusa Umar A video showing thousands of women carrying bags of rice on their heads generated significant engagements on X. @gretytruthmedia posted the clip on October, 2, 2024 with the caption; “This is not an Ant Colony! It’s some of the yoruba women lucky enough to grab a 5kg bag of rice.The Ebi n’pawa consolation, […]
Did the court fine VeryDarkMan N500 million for defaming rapper, Falz and his father, Femi Falana?
There was a viral claim by Instablog on Twitter and Instagram that social media personality, Martin Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan should pay a 500 million naira fine to Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz and his father, Femi Falana, a legal luminary and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The sensational claim made by the […]
CLAIM: Pastor Adeboye Apologises Over “Those Who Don’t Pay Tithe Won’t Make Heaven” Comment
A viral video of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E. A. Adeboye has been trending on social media since the first week of October. The claim accompanying the video states that Adeboye apologised over his tithe comments from April 2018 and increased tithe payment to forty percent. The 2-minute […]
CLAIM: Tinubu’s Daughter Calls Out EFCC Chairman And CBN Governor in Viral Video
A video of a young lady calling out the chairman of the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Central Bank of Nigeria, Governor is making the rounds on micro-blogging platform, X with a number of users claiming she w is the daughter of Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has gone viral on X. […]
CLAIM: Nigerian Government Supplies Food, Ammunition to Terrorists
CLAIM: A viral video was shared with the claim that the Nigerian government supplies food and ammunition to Boko Haram terrorists and Turji, a kingpin leader.
VERDICT: The claim is FALSE. The video shared to support the claim is misleading and not from Nigeria.
CLAIM: Viral WhatsApp Video Makes Claims About Inventions and Death of the Inventors
CLAIM: A video clip showing a white dog with the voiceover talking about the year in which several great inventors died has gone viral on WhatsApp.
VERDICT: Almost all the claims by the narrator about the ages of inventors at the time of their death as well as the lifespan of rabbit and tortoise are FALSE and MISLEADING, the only claim which is TRUE is that of Maradona’s age at death
CLAIM: Fake Officers Wearing Police Uniform Arrested in Lagos
CLAIM: An X user posted a video showing two individuals wearing Nigerian Police uniform being apprehended and slapped under the veranda of a building.
VERDICT: The viral video that shows individuals arrested for wearing fake police uniforms to extort innocent people is TRUE but not recent
CLAIM: Group CEO of NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari Denies the Return of Fuel Subsidy
CLAIM: A viral video showing the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Limited, Mele Kyari, denying the return of fuel subsidy, surfaced on social media.
VERDICT: The video footage which claims that Kyari has disregarded return of fuel subsidy is an old footage from a Channels TV interview from October 2023, hence it is MISLEADING
CLAIM: Trump Advises Tinubu To Reverse Fuel Subsidy, Abolish IMF and World Bank Policies
CLAIM: A video footage posted on TikTok claims to show former US president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump advising President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reverse fuel subsidy removal and other policies to benefit Nigerians.
VERDICT: The claim that Trump advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reapply fuel subsidy and forgo all IMF and World Bank policies is MISLEADING as findings show that the video is an Al-generated content.
