Claim Many persons on Facebook, X, and Instagram have shared a video of protesters asking the Nigerian army to take over from President Tinubu and claimed it happened recently in Ibadan. Verdict This claim is MISLEADING.A resident in Ibadan told FACTWATCH that no protest took place recently in the city or elsewhere in Oyo State. Also, checks […]
Claim Social media users have shared a video of an elderly man in India and claimed he’s currently 300 years old. Verdict This claim is MISLEADING. After thorough findings, it was discovered that the elderly man was Siyaram Baba, a Hindu saint believed to be around 110 years old. Full Text In this age of uncontrollable era […]
G As each nation has continued to justify what happened two days ago at the Al Abraq Airport in Libya, there are claims that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) imposed a $10m fine and a 2-year ban on Libyan national team. Social media users also claimed that the AFCON game between the Super Eagles […]
Claim @asafaabdulwasi2 on X claimed that Peter Obi’s villagers lamented over the lack of power supply when he was the governor of Anambra State. Verdict This claim is MISLEADING. Findings showed that the screenshot of the post he attached to his claim, first surfaced online in 2022. Whereas Obi ruled Anambra from 2006 to 2014 (8 years). […]
Claim An X user, @AareLatoosa1 shared an image of a traditional ruler arrested for kidnapping and claimed the incident occurred recently. Verdict This claim is MISLEADING.Reports by Credible news organizations confirmed that the incident happened in 2020. Full Text For many months now, the banter between the Igbo and Yoruba X users has been a show of shame. […]
Two online newspapers have published a report of Enugu Catholic Priest getting married later this October 2024. The story was published by Ibom Focus, EverydayNews and was shared on many WhatsApp groups on Monday. In the report by Ibom Focus, the blog claimed one Fr Michael Ogochukwu Ezeh from Enugu state And Reverend Sister Claire Chioma O. […]
Claim A page on X.com has claimed that a US court issued a new arrest warrant for Air Peace CEO Allen Onyema over multimillion-dollar fraud. Verdict This claim is MISLEADING.On October 12, the United States government piled more charges on the earlier $20 million bank fraud case against Mr Onyema. Apart from the two arrest warrants issued against […]
Claim @FinPlanKaluAja1 on X claimed that Israel gave Chad a map showing the pinpoint location of Boko Haram nests in the desert in 2020. Verdict This claim is FALSE. Although reports confirmed that the Chad military repelled and killed many Boko Haram terrorists in April 2020, there’s nowhere in these reports that stated that Israel aided the […]
Claim A Nigerian X user, @emmaikumeh recently shared a photo of exploded Audi CNG and advised Nigerians. Verdict This claim is MISLEADING.Checks showed that the incident happened in Germany in 2019. Full Text Due to the hardship and rising cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, many drivers in Nigeria are turning to compressed natural […]
Claim An X user posted a photo of a wounded Palestinian kid and claimed the Israeli forces gathered and shot her recently. Verdict This claim is MISLEADING. Findings by FACTWATCH indicated that the incident happened on 12 October 2015, after a Palestinian teenager, Marah Bakeer, attempted to stab two Israelis in Eastern Jerusalem. Marah was sentenced to eight years of imprisonment […]
