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Nigerian separatists share misleading clip to drive campaign for independence

Published on September 16, 2025 at 15:20

Video of Trump threatening Nigeria over secessionist leader’s detention is digitally altered

Published on November 28, 2024 at 18:12

Posts falsely claim Nigerian separatist group is not listed on global terrorism index

Published on March 31, 2023 at 15:44

Footage of Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu leaving court is not recent, but from 2017

Published on November 26, 2021 at 15:27

Nigerian separatists circulate photos unrelated to the arrest of their leader

Published on July 21, 2021 at 13:41

Old footage shows supporters of Nigerian separatist Kanu Nnamdi at the Vatican, not the White House

Published on July 7, 2021 at 16:54

Old footage does not show Nigerian separatists protesting recent arrest of Nnamdi Kanu

Published on July 2, 2021 at 18:21

These images show women protesters who were detained and then released in 2018

Published on March 9, 2021 at 11:18

This photo has been edited to falsely show Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu addressing the European Parliament

Published on September 20, 2019 at 15:03

Video showing pro-Biafra activists confronting Nigeria’s foreign minister in Austria is old news

Published on August 28, 2019 at 17:25

No, US President Donald Trump did not comment on Biafran separatists at the UN

Published on January 12, 2019 at 02:39
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