Claim: An Instagram user alleges that a lady loses eyes after applying eyelash extensions. Verdict: FALSE! Through reverse image searches, it was determined that the images attached to the post were sourced from unrelated websites. The woman in question, identified as Naronate Akum, lost her eye after being shot in Cameroon, not from eyelash extensions. …
Apps, pimps and algorithms: How technology is advancing Nigeria’s digital sex trade
She sat at the edge of a bar stool, tired eyes scanning the busy bar in Mokola, Ibadan, Oyo State, in South-West Nigeria. The sound of Afrobeats filled the air,…