The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided a New York house belonging to former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari and ...

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We verified several claims made by the former Nigerian aviation minister and prominent politician in a TV interview.

Since retaking office in, US president Donald Trump has signed several executive orders. In this context, messages circulating on Facebook in ...

Africa Check, the continent’s pioneering fact-checking organisation, has been debunking falsehoods and promoting information credibility since 2012. We have four offices across the continent: in ...

IN SHORT: Two videos circulating on Facebook falsely advertise “miracle” cures for joint pain. But they’re using deepfake technology to manipulate footage of well-known African-linked personalities ...

IN SHORT: A claim is circulating on Facebook, saying that Nigeria’s northern governors have rejected English as the medium of instruction in their schools. Niger state governor Mohammed Bago has ...

IN SHORT: The scam has been debunked before – but there is seemingly no end to its mutation and re-invention. Unicef is not giving away money through the so-called Unicef African Foundation. Learn how ...

IN SHORT: Several social media users have attributed a statement that suggests internal struggles within the Nigerian presidency to vice president Kashim Shettima. But there is no proof of this ...