false Nigeria arrest bandits Niger state false claim Video shows arrest of illegal miners in Taraba state in 2023, not mass arrest of bandits in Niger state in 2024
false Nigeria Anambra state governor commissioner false claim Viral video shows Nigeria’s Anambra state governor criticising local council chairperson, not commissioner for works
false Nigeria gunfight Rivers state abducted false claim No evidence of a gunfight in Rivers state, Nigeria; governor's wife not abducted by soldiers
false Nigeria destructive bomb teenager false claim governance Photos do not show ‘destructive bomb’ made by teenager from Nigeria’s Enugu state
false Nigeria secession south-eastern region presidency false claim No evidence Nigerian presidency agreed to the secession of the south-eastern region
false Nigeria weapons seized Nigerian police Biafran resistance fighters false claim No, photos do not show weapons seized from Nigerian police by Biafran resistance fighters
false Nigeria NASA headquarters Aba false claim No evidence US space agency Nasa opening first African headquarters in Nigerian town of Aba
Nigeria skyscraper Railway Russia building Nigeria false claim development Photos on social media don’t show Russian engineers building a skyscraper and a railway in Nigeria’s Aba town
Nigeria CDC head hanged Chikwe Ihekweazu false claim development No, top WHO official and former Nigeria CDC head Ihekweazu wasn’t hanged at Guantanamo Bay – claim by notorious disinformation site