Claim: A blogger shared a clip showing how bandits abducted Nigerian soldiers and took them away on bikes. Verdict: Misleading! While the footage is real, it is unrelated to Nigerian troops. The video shows how “Al-Qaeda-backed Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM)” fighters abducted Malian soldiers after killing some of them on June 1, 2025, in …
Weekly Round-Up: Top five claims DUBAWA verified last week
For the latest edition of DUBAWA’s weekly round-up, we covered controversial issues from sport, politics, and health that went viral in Nigeria. We also went beyond Nigeria’s borders to provide context for matters of public interest. Here are some of the claims we fact-checked: Sierra Leonean footballer Momoh I. Kamara won the CAF Young African …



