As attention shifts to Nigerian president Bola Tinubu’s achievements ahead of 2027 elections, his power minister, Adebayo Adelabu, has been eager to highlight improvements in the troubled energy ...

Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traoré, came to power in September 2022 following a military coup that ousted interim ...

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 misinformation, but has made new claims. We investigated.

South African billionaire Johann Rupert, US president Donald Trump (May 2025) There is no evidence to back billionaire Johann Rupert’s claim that undocumented foreigners are mainly behind farm murders ...

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IN SHORT: Nigerian president Bola Tinubu has not sacked three ministers: Adebayo Adelabu, Mohammed Abubakar and Bello Matawalle. Ignore Facebook posts spreading this false news. Part of one post reads ...

IN SHORT: The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board has disowned a press release circulating online about a recruitment exercise. Nigerians are advised to disregard it.

IN SHORT: Multiple groups and pages on social media are promoting product offers under Sam West Distributors’ name. But the Nairobi-based wholesaler says it is not on any social media platform and ...

IN SHORT: In mid-May 2025, widespread social media posts falsely claimed that South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir, had died. However, these rumours have been officially refuted, and Kiir is continuing ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts claim that Peter Obi will be running alongside Atiku Abubakar in Nigeria’s 2027 general election, as he did in 2019. However, both politicians have denied reaching ...