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27/04/2023

FALSE! Hakimi's properties not in his mother's name.

07/09/2022

A Twitter user claimed that Nigerian troops have arrested a foreign pilot in Niger state, who supplies weapons to bandits.

26/08/2022

21/08/2022

Accessing deleted online content is among the major nightmares facing fact-checkers. Sometimes, the

21/08/2022

ON WEDNESDAY, the 10th of August 2022, a popular Nigerian blog, Instablog9ja at about 2:06 pm posted on its social media pages (Instagram and Twitter), the identities, including names and photos, of the five arrested suspected killers of victims of the Owo massacre.

21/08/2022

Fake news peddlers often take photographs out of context. They digitally alter the photographs to promote an agenda or push an interest...

21/08/2022

“Hepatitis B is 💯 percent curable do not b deceived,” reads a message posted on a public Facebook group page with more than 5,000 followers. Hepatitis...

21/08/2022

A message shared on Facebook in Nigeria claims Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai said Islam prohibits people protesting against their governments. Kaduna ...

21/08/2022

FALSE, Nigerian Famers Association Not Giving #100,000 Grant

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A viral post on WhatsApp groups, claims Nigerian farmers Association is giving 100,000 Naira grants to both farmers and non-farmers as part of the 2022

08/08/2022

We are now in an era of fake reports and misinformation and it is important as an individual or organization to not be a part of the spread.

This is why ROUNDCHECK is inviting you to our maiden edition of a media discussion on *THE YOUTHS INVOLVEMENT IN ENDING FALSE INFORMATION.*

Time: 5:00 pm

Date: 10th August 2022.

Venue: Twitter Spaces

Our Speakers:

Linda Ngari,
Fact-checking Editor for Piga Firimbi at Africa Uncensored (Kenya)

David Ajikobi,
Nigerian Editor, Africa Check Africa Check Nigeria

Ikulajolu Adesola,
Managing Editor, Roundcheck

Segun Olakoyenikan
Fact-checking Journalist, AFP Fact Check (Nigeria)

Lois Ugbede
Researcher, Dubawa Nigeria

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06/08/2022

“We raised fuel price to 200 Naira and diesel to 800 Naira to reduce the number of traffic and accidents in Nigeria,” a July 2022 Facebook post quotes Niger...