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- June 24, 2025
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Claim over 40,000 pupils barred from 2025 BECE due to missing assessments, false
Claim: A Sierra Eye news article published on the 19th of May, 2025 has claimed that over 40,000 pupils across 620 schools were barred from taking the 2025 Basic Education…
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- June 24, 2025
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Aṣinilọna ni àwòrán to ṣ’afihan ibi ti àwọn ọmọ Yoruba ti péjọ fun ounje ajeku
Ahesọ: Olumulo ikanni abẹyẹfo, Marquis Of Infamy (@Unabombaar), fi àwòrán kan ti o ṣ’afihan àwọn eniyan ti wọ́n tò sórí ìlà l’ẹgbẹ títì, olumulo naa si ṣ’alaye pe àwọn eniyan…
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- June 24, 2025
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Video showing Israeli soldier pleading with Iran to stop attacks, AI-generated
Claim: Video shows an Israeli soldier pleading with Iran to stop attacks. Verdict: False. The video is AI-generated. AI detection tools analysed the video and audio, and the results showed…
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- June 23, 2025
- 20 views
Senegal, first African team to beat England, but not first to score three goals
Claim: Soccer World HQ, in a Facebook post, claimed that Senegal is the first African team to beat England and the first to score three goals against them. Verdict: Partly…
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- June 23, 2025
- 15 views
Who is paying compensation to Air India crash victims, and how much?
In the aftermath of the recent Air India plane crash, a claim on Facebook began circulating online suggesting that Air India would provide $116,000 to the family of each deceased…
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- June 23, 2025
- 19 views
Is Liberian artist King Dennis dead?
Claim: The Midnight Blogs posted in a Facebook group (Local News Liberia) that Liberian artist King Dennis was involved in an accident on June 10, 2025. The blog also claimed…
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- June 22, 2025
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Picture used to show Yorubas waiting for leftovers at Lagos Igbo Hangout, misleading
Claim: An X user, Marquis Of Infamy (@Unabombaar), posted a photo of people standing in a queue along a road, claiming it shows Yoruba people waiting to be fed leftovers…
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- June 22, 2025
- 18 views
Did Lagos State speaker demand supporters back candidates with criminal record?
Claim: An X user shared a video claiming that Mudashiru Obasa, the Lagos State House of Assembly speaker, told citizens to vote for APC even if the party’s candidate is…
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- June 22, 2025
- 19 views
Round-Up: Top trending claims fact-checked by DUBAWA this week
As people continue to share mis- and disinformation across all social media platforms, DUBAWA verified several public assertions shared during the last week. Below are some of the major ones:…
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- June 22, 2025
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Ivory Coast on fire: How malign actors coordinated online coup that never happened
“Ivory Coast is burning,” reads the caption of a post made by an X user on May 21, 2025, precisely at 4:14 am. Not just the caption, the user uploaded…
