False! International Investigators didn’t attribute Capitol Building fire to natural causes

Claim: Bryan Harris, a social media user, posted in Liberian Policy Forum, a Facebook group, alleging that the Investigation Report about the Capitol Building fire disaster linked the incident to…

US travel ban claim against Sierra Leone, false

Claim: A Facebook user, Mohamed K. Mansaray, claimed that Sierra Leone has been included in the U.S. list of countries facing a travel ban. He alleged that this was due…

Round-Up: Sport, Fire disaster, demolition, others, top claims verified this week 

Misinformation spreads online and offline daily, showing the need for Media and Information Literacy and verification.  Here are some claims fact-checked by DUBAWA in the past week. Capitol Building fire…

False! Fubara not arrested for disobeying Tinubu

Claim: A Facebook user, Agozi Commedy, claims that the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has been arrested by the federal government for disobeying President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Verdict: False.…

Did Babangida Tweet About a Possible Military Takeover?

On Friday afternoon, a post on X (formerly Twitter) went viral. This post, made by ‘Ibrahim B. Babangida’ with the username @General_Ibbro, mentioned a proposed military takeover and called for…

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