Oluseyi Awojulugbe

A post shared on Facebook in Nigeria claims that onions boost sexual potency in men. The same claim has been shared on various pages on Facebook and describes onions as “one of the greatest aphrodisiac foods”. Some of the posts date as far back as July 2021. “It helps increase libido ...

The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) has launched a recruitment portal in Nigeria, according to posts circulating on social media. The post has been shared on various pages on Facebook. Subscribers also sent it to Africa Check on WhatsApp for verification. “Welcome to UNICEF applicati...

Posts circulating on Facebook claim to be from a press release that says Nigerian opposition leader Atiku Abubakar has retired from active politics. Abubakar, a former vice president, came second in Nigeria’s presidential election on 25 February 2023, running on the Peoples Democratic Par...

The Easter holiday plans of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Nigeria’s Labour Party, did not go quite according to plan. On 12 April 2023, his campaign spokesperson Diran Onifad announced that Obi had been detained by immigration officials in the UK on suspicion of impersonation. Obi...