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CDD Fact Check

@CDDFactCheck

CDD Fact Check is the fact checking arm of @CDDWestAfrica. We provide in-depth fact checks and analysis on viral claims to fight the spread of disinformation.

Joined August 2021
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We spotted a viral claim that a school teacher in Epe, Lagos, was killed by a student he flogged. We fact checked the claim and found it to be false. cddfactcheck.org/was-a-teach…
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Did NBA President, Mr Olumide Akpata, described Malami as the most incompetent Attorney General Nigeria has ever had? We fact checked the viral claim and established that the claim is false. cddfactcheck.org/did-olumide… #FakeNews #FactCheck #FactChecking
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We spotted a mischievious claim that President @MBuhari asked French citizens looking for greener pastures to leave France for Nigeria. We checked and can assure you that his words were twisted out of context. cddfactcheck.org/president-b… #FakeNews #FactCheck
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Are killer bananas from Somalia on sale in Nigeria? This #fakenews has moved from #India to #AbuDhabi and is now making the rounds in Nigeria! #FactCheck cddfactcheck.org/deadly-bana…
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As we insisted, this was not #FakeNews after all. Young Nigerians died at #LekkiTollgate on October 20 2020. The penchant of the Nigerian government to quickly brand unfavourable news as fake news, is, in itself, a disinformation scourge we must confront in #Nigeria. #EndSARS
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Ongoing #FactCheck refresher training for our fact check team. CDD's Senior Program Officer, @oaaigbe, veteran fact checker @CDDWestAfrica, takes the team on a revisit to the principles of #factchecking.
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Does the SUG president of Federal University Dutse attend lectures with a retinue bodyguards as claimed in viral Facebook post? This claim is false. cddfactcheck.org/does-the-su… #FakeNews #factcheckers #factchecking
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Has the US government warned their Nigerian counterpart not to deploy recently acquired Super Tucano fighter jets to other regions apart from the north? Our #factcheck found this to be true! ✅ cddfactcheck.org/did-the-us-… #factchecking #BokoHaram #IPOB @CDDFactCheck
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Has FCMB unfairly targeted youths between the ages of 18-30 in its cryptocurrency crackdown as claimed by People's Gazette? Our #FactCheck indicates that the answer is yes. cddfactcheck.org/is-fcmb-unf… #FactChecking #FCMB #CryptoCurrency #CBN
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#FakeNews Based on interviews of NPF PRO Frank Mbah, DSP Ikenga, Anambra police command PRO and several officers deployed to Anambra, we can conclude that this protest did not happen. cddfactcheck.org/did-police-… #AnambraDecides2021 #FactCheck
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Has Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello picked recently defected member of the APC, Femi Fani-Kayode as his preisdential bid running mate? We saw fliers that suggested so. However, our fact check shows that to be false. ow.ly/7BQ750GNcgP
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We spotted a viral video claim showing rapid thumbprinting in the heat of the Anambra election. Our fact-checkers traced the video to a Facebook account belonging to a Canadian think tank known as Ekens Foundation, who posted it on July 31. cddfactcheck.org/viral-video… #FakeNews
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Was it true that voters in Aguleri refused to vote in the election as claimed by Sahara Reporters? #FakeNews We fact checked this claim as part of our election observation program. cddfactcheck.org/are-citizen…
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#FakeNews An image showing bales of cash with caption: "APC sensitive materials" is in circulation. The image implies that the cash is money set aside by APC to buy #AnambraDecides votes. This same image was shared on Facebook during the Edo elections cddfactcheck.org/is-this-an-…
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