Were December 2024 remittances from Nigeria’s diaspora were equivalent to a whopping 4% of the country’s GDP? The data says ...

Elections are typically magnets for disinformation. Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga is in the running to become the ...

In a digital world where it’s easier than ever to mislead, building resilience to false information is more important than ...

IN SHORT: A video is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that it shows Nigerian police beating hungry people. But it was filmed in the city of Abidjan in Ivory Coast. In December 2024, 67 ...

IN SHORT: Video allegedly showing Nigeria’s president Bola Tinubu dancing during the tragic December 2024 food stampedes is false. The footage is from January 2023, during his campaign. In late 2024, ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts are advertising what they call a “thyroid and goiter tea” and claim that it can cure an enlarged thyroid gland. But this is not true – see your doctor instead. A ...

IN SHORT: Scammers sometimes operate multiple fake Facebook accounts to increase their chances of success. We expose another account using a different name but running the same fraudulent activities.

IN SHORT: Nigeria’s last national census took place in 2006. However, no official announcement has been made about the next census date, with the NPC terming such claims as misleading. “BREAKING: FG ...

IN SHORT: Old claims from 2023 have resurfaced in January 2025, repeating news reports that the South African government had imposed new race-based regulations on exports that would devastate the ...

IN SHORT: This Facebook page in the name of Watu, a renowned asset finance company operating in Kenya, offers motorbikes at low prices. But it is run by a known scammer. A typical post from the page ...