central bank foreign currencies naira Press release from Nigeria’s central bank on the use of foreign currencies is from 2015, not 2024 effort to strengthen the naira
International Breweries PLC investment scam Nigerians, beware of Facebook accounts using the name of International Breweries PLC to scam you
Access Bank Herbert Wigwe Crash No, video does not show helicopter crash that killed Nigerian bank exec
governor Usman Ododo Nigerians beware, newly inaugurated Kogi governor did not prostrate himself before past governor during swearing-in ceremony
Illuminati recruitment scam Scam alert! Kenyans, beware of Facebook pages promising to recruit you into the Illuminati
Kenya Bureau of Standards newspaper ink cancer Kenya’s standards bureau did not warn against newspapers using cancerous printing ink. Ignore fake notice and images circulating on social media
Disease X World Economic Forum pandemic outbreak No, ‘Disease X’ doesn’t exist – and World Economic Forum didn’t ‘admit’ it would be ‘unleashed’ in 2025
Unicef cash promotions scam Scam alert: Unicef is not running a cash promotion via mobile money in Kenya, Uganda or Tanzania
Aisha Jumwa loans scam Exposing five Facebook accounts using the name of Kenyan politician Aisha Jumwa to offer bogus loans
Zimbabwe bridge school bus No, anti-migrant social media posts from South Africa get it wrong – photo of old school bus used as bridge from the country Georgia, not Zimbabwe
Assault Attack farmers EFF Viral video shows homophobic assault in Brazil, not a white farmer attacked by EFF ‘savages’ in South Africa
smartphones laptops credit scam Beware of dodgy Facebook page ‘Lipa Mdogo Mdogo Smart Devices’ offering products on credit