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This is a scam to get followers ⁠— Airtel is not giving out 500,000 iPhones in Nigeria

Published on 8 August 2019 at 17:30

A post shared by thousands of people on Facebook in Nigeria claims that telecommunications company Airtel is giving iPhones to customers who type “Airtel iPhone” in the comments section. This is false; Airtel Nigeria told AFP the company is not running any such promotion at this time, and urged people to disregard the fake Facebook page.

There’s no official confirmation that these Nigerian politicians have been banned from the US

Published on 8 August 2019 at 17:18

Lists making the rounds on social media claim to show the names of some Nigerian politicians banned from entering the United States for interfering in February’s elections, won by President Muhammadu Buhari. The US embassy in Abuja confirmed to AFP that the US has not and will not release such a list.

Beware of Nigerian ‘ministerial job’ lists circulating online — President Buhari has not assigned positions yet

Published on 6 August 2019 at 16:21

Lists are making the rounds on WhatsApp groups in Nigeria, claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari has assigned portfolios to the 43 ministers he named in his new cabinet. This is false; Garba Shehu, senior media special assistant to the president, told AFP on Tuesday that the president has not handed out their jobs yet.

This photo shows an Australian senator breastfeeding in parliament, not the country’s prime minister

Published on 26 July 2019 at 15:46

A Nigerian Facebook post shared thousands of times claims to show Australia's prime minister breastfeeding while delivering a speech in parliament. While the photo does show an Australian lawmaker, she’s not the prime minister -- she’s Larissa Waters, a member of the country’s Senate.

A giant rock in Saudi Arabia is being falsely hailed as the site of a miracle in Jerusalem

Published on 26 July 2019 at 15:28

A picture posted on Facebook by a Nigerian preacher, shared thousands of times, supposedly shows a large rock floating miraculously in the air in Jerusalem. In fact, the rock is located in Saudi Arabia, and it isn’t floating at all. From Google Maps, as well as the large number of photos and videos of the rock posted online, you can see that it’s attached to the ground. This image appears to have been digitally altered to make it look like the rock is floating.

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