Claim A Facebook post published by Hausaland Magazine carried the headline: “BREAKING NEWS: FULANI TERRORISTS MASSACRE NIGERIAN SOLDIERS, CIVILIANS IN SOKOTO.” The post alleged that armed men described as Fulani terrorists attacked a community identified as “Garin Gobir Gindin” in Sokoto State, killing more than 100 civilians, 10 Nigerian soldiers and a Mobile Police officer,…
Claim A viral WhatsApp “Open Letter” circulating widely across Yoruba-speaking states in Nigeria claims that young, non-English-speaking foreigners from Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, and Benin Republic are moving into remote areas of the South-West. The letter claims these youths have no visible livelihood, live up to 30 people per apartment, and asserts they…
Claim A Facebook user, Pelumi Olajengbesi, claim that unauthorised soldiers invaded Ijebu Ijesa, arrested Accord members during voting in Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State. Similarly,The Facebook user, who is the spokesperson for the Accord Party in Osun State, also released an official statement to this effect. Why We Checked The fact-check became necessary…
Claim An X post by @debbySimon69 alleges that all personnel of the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force, as well as all 17 governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), are in Osun State to help the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu rig the August…
