Stories By Roundcheck
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Hoaxs
/ 2 years agoINCORRECT: Nigeria’s Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu Is Not Giving Out 15,000 As Campaign Grant Through Fake Site
A broadcast message has been circulating on WhatsApp claiming that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for the 2023 general...
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Hoaxs
/ 2 years agoThis Fake Site Claims MTN Is Giving Free 10G Data And 5,000 Airtime
A broadcast message was seen in a Whatsapp group on the 30th of September, 2022 with the claim that MTN is...
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Hoaxs
/ 2 years agoFake Website Posing As FGN Special Intervention Funds For MSMEs
A broadcast message has been circulating on WhatsApp claiming the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is currently providing support funds for...
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Security
/ 2 years agoNo, Nigerian Police Is Yet To Commence 2022 Police Constable Recruitment
A website ‘recruitmentbeam.com’ posted a claim that the Nigerian Police force has commenced recruitment for the 2022 Police Constable position. The...
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Education
/ 2 years agoFalse, Omega Power Ministry Is Not Awarding International Scholarships
A Facebook post circulating online claims that Omega Power Ministry is currently awarding international scholarships to Students for 2022.
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Politics
/ 2 years agoMISLEADING, Tinubu Media Center Used 2019 Pictures To Represent Senator Wamakko Grassroots Mobilization For APC’s Presidential Candidate
Tinubu Media Center, a page on Facebook claimed that Senator Wamakko, a former Governor of Sokoto state and Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District, begin...
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Fact-Check News
/ 2 years agoApplication For Roundcheck Volunteer Network Is Open
ROUNDCHECK, an independent nonprofit fact-checking platform combating misinformation in Africa is seeking interested volunteers to join its second cohort of volunteers....
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Training/Opportunities
/ 2 years agoCall For Volunteers
We are looking for volunteers; Young Fact-checkers, Young Analysts, and aspiring young Journalists to join this community.
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Entertainment
/ 2 years agoWill Wizkid feature Portable as Claimed by a twitter user?
Samuel Agbelusi CLAIM According to a Twitter post made on Friday, 14th of January 2022, by @kcxx__ and posted on Marlian...
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Explainer
/ 2 years agoEXPLAINER: How Covid-19 Spread can be prevented at Homes
The variant B.1.1529, called Omicron, was discovered in South Africa in December 2021. The World Health Organization declared it a variant...