EXPLAINER: What Is This New HMPV virus in China?
News reports and social media posts are warning of a new outbreak of a little-known virus called...
Monthly Archives: January 2025
FactCheck: Claim that Northern traders sent 70 trucks of food to Igbos during Christmas is FALSE
By Pascal Ibe Claim A Facebook user, Yassar Suleiman, has posted trucks loaded with foodstuffs and claimed...
FactCheck: Image of German vehicles in traffic jams, used to show Nigeria’s Southeast residents returning home for Christmas
By Pascal Ibe Claim A Facebook page, Ogbunike Sons and Daughters, shared images of coordinated vehicles in...
FactCheck: Associate Prof. begins 2025 with misinformation, recirculates 2019 image of fake policeman, attributes it to Kaduna DCP working with bandits
By Pascal Ibe Claim An Associate Professor, Dr Adamu Zango, has shared a screenshot of an arrested...
FactCheck: Did US experience food distribution stampedes as Nigerian minister claimed?
By Pascal Ibe Claim Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Nentawe Yilwatda, has claimed that food queue stampedes...