On September 29, 2024, an X user @drpenking posted a video on the platform with the claim that a man died at a casino after winning a whopping amount of money and that the heart attack was triggered by strong emotions of excitement. His caption reads: “This man won $4 million at a casino then […]
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 […]
Does Circulating Image Show President Bola Ahmed In A UK Hospital Bed?
An image of Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu lying on a hospital bed, has been circulating on social media. This is coming after President Tinubu jetted out of the country to the United Kingdom for a two-week work vacation on October 2, 2024 and individuals who have shared or reacted to the picture are suggesting […]
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. […]
Fact-Check: Allegations of Sexual Assault by Police Officer in Edo State
A video circulating on social media purports to show a yet-to-be identified Police officer with a woman lying helpless on a sofa in a private room, is making rounds with a claim that the woman was allegedly raped by the officer. An X user, The Benin Blogger with 745 followers posted the clip of alleged […]
CLAIM: Teenager Kills 4-Year-Old Boy Over N50,000 In Lagos
Yunusa Umar An image showing a teenager carrying the corpse of a beheaded 4-year-old boy in Lagos State, Nigeria was posted by an X account, @MadukaOgwueleka on September, 16, 2024. The poster claimed that the image depicted a breaking story of a ritual killing from “Yourbaland” that morning. “ANOTHER BREAKING RITUAL KILLING NEWS FROM YORUBALAND […]
CLAIM: Residents of a South-East Community in Nigeria Flee From IPOB Attack
CLAIM: A video circulating online shows thousands of residents walking on streets with the claim that these are residents in a South-East community fleeing from attacks of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
VERDICT: The claim that the video shows the IPOB attack in the South-East community is MISLEADING, though findings show that the video was from Eha-Amufu community in Enugu, a southeastern state in Nigeria but the purported attack was from November 2022.
CLAIM: Harvard College Closes All Classes Over the Use of AI
CLAIM: Harvard College Closes All Classes Over the Use of AI
VERDICT: FALSE
The TikTok account used Artificial Intelligence to generate a false report in a social media stunt to promote TurboLearn AI, attempting to give prominence to the AI learning tools.
