Is It True That Lagos Island Used To Be Nigeria’s Capital? Popular Nigerian newspaper, Nigeria Tribune, quoted a claim made on X by ex-presidential aide, Reno Omokri, stating that Lagos state was never the capital of Nigeria, rather, Lagos Island was. This was posted on July 29, 2025, with a picture of Omokri and captioned […]
Has Former Supercop, Abba Kyari Been Released From Prison And Reinstated To Duty?
Has Former Supercop, Abba Kyari Been Released From Prison And Reinstated To Duty? A TikTok user, @garkuwamatasa01 claims that suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari has been released, reinstated into the Nigerian Police Force, and is now set to resume anti-crime operations. Posted on July 21, 2025, the 21 seconds video had various images […]
Air Peace Airline Has The Largest Fleet In Africa?
Air Peace Airline Has The Largest Fleet In Africa? On July 22, 2025, a X user @AfricaFirsts made several claims about Air Peace, a Nigerian private airline owned by Allen Onyema. The post had a picture of an Air Peace branded plane fleet with Allen Onyema, the chairman and CEO of Air Peace Limited posing […]
Is This Image Of A Collapsed Flyover From Nasarawa State, Nigeria?
Is This Image Of A Collapsed Flyover Happen From Nasarawa State, Nigeria? An X user posted an image of a collapsed overhead bridge alongside a screenshot of the Vanguard newspaper of July 18, 2025, which had the headline, “Keffi bridge collapses, kills 2 persons”. The poster claims that the bridge collapsed three weeks after it […]
Are Igbos In Vietnam Under Attack?
Are Igbos In Vietnam Under Attack? On July 17, 2025, an X user @NoNonsensezone made a claim that the Igbos in Vietnam are being attacked and expelled from Vietnam. The post was acommpanied by a one-minute video showing a group of people in a heated encounter with uniformed men, with the inscription, ‘Igbo tribe from […]
Were 300 Students Told To Leave University Of Calabar’s Dentistry Department Due To Accreditation Issue?
Were 300 Students Told To Leave University Of Calabar’s Dentistry Department Due To Accreditation Issue? On July 14, 2025, a popular online influencer on X claimed that the Department of Dentistry, University of Calabar, was never accredited but kept granting admission to students. The post which has a picture of students donning lab coats is […]
Did A Secondary School Girl Kill Her Teacher In Akwa Ibom State?
Did A Secondary School Girl Kill Her Teacher In Akwa Ibom State? On July 16, 2025, a Facebook user posted three pictures on a public group with an accompanying claim that the young girl in the picture shot and killed her school teacher in Akwa Ibom state. The poster alleged that the girl had killed […]
Did Bishop David Oyedepo Affirm That President Muhammadu Buhari Died Long Ago?
A newsblog on X posted a video which claims that in 2018, Bishop David Oyedepo said ex-president Muhammadu Buhari had died and been replaced by a clone. The X user further mocked those who had asked for a retraction of their earlier post which alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari had died a long time ago […]
Police Officer Kills Bus Driver Over 200 Naira Bribe
Police Officer Kills Bus Driver Over 200 Naira Bribe On July 12, 2025, a Facebook user posted a video claiming that it shows how a police officer allegedly shot a bus driver over 200 naira bribe in Edo state, Nigeria. The video which has Ghanaian flag colour with Ghana Eye imprinted on it was captioned, […]
Russia and China Brokered The Ceasefire Between Israel And Iran
Russia and China Brokered The Ceasefire Between Israel And Iran A former presidential aspirant under the platform of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, Adamu Garba II, claims that Russia and China pulled the ceasefire string in the 12-day war between Iran and Israel, by calling Iran to halt its offensive, and not the United States […]
