AFP Nigeria

This is not a video of Remi Tinubu fighting in the Nigerian national assembly

Published on 11 July 2019 at 16:45

A video seen by hundreds of thousands of people on Facebook claims to show Nigerian senator Remi Tinubu hitting a man at the national assembly. This is false; the video shows a brawl between People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers at Nigeria’s house of representatives in 2013.

There’s no ‘St. Austin University’ in North Carolina. Ignore posts claiming their research shows that eating vaginal fluid makes you immune to cancer

Published on 10 July 2019 at 09:28

Posts shared tens of thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter claim that research by a university in North Carolina has revealed that eating vaginal fluid can make you immune to cancer. But the university in question does not exist, and no such research has been published.

No, this video does not show a recent attack on illegal immigrants in South Africa

Published on 28 June 2019 at 17:43

A video being shared on Facebook purports to show the badly burned victims of an attack on illegal immigrants in South Africa. In fact, we know that the video does not show a recent attack in South Africa -- it was very likely filmed in Nigeria. We’re still trying to find out the full story behind it. Can you help us?

No, this photo doesn’t show the Nigerian Air Force delivering arms to Fulani herders — it was taken during a military demonstration last year

Published on 28 June 2019 at 17:26Updated on 5 July 2019 at 17:48

Posts shared thousands of times on Facebook claim to show the Nigerian Air Force dropping weapons to Fulani herders in Enugu, southeastern Nigeria. This is false; the picture being shared was taken in April 2018 on the outskirts of Abuja during a military demonstration.

Viral posts in Nigeria claim this helicopter was picking up a billionaire stuck in traffic. In fact, the video shows a medical evacuation

Published on 27 June 2019 at 15:08

You may have seen viral posts on Nigerian social media this week claiming that a helicopter came to the Benin-Ore part of the Lagos-Benin road to pick up a billionaire who was stuck in traffic. Another version says the chopper came in to pick up the girlfriend of a Nigerian “big boy”. But the company operating the helicopter has dismissed claims that it was simply picking up a VIP annoyed by the gridlock -- its chief operating officer says it was performing an evacuation for a person in need of urgent medical care.

Languages