In October 2024, a former chair of Nigeria's electoral commission, Prof Humphrey Nwosu, died. Nwosu chaired the National ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts claim that Nigerian airline Air Peace has increased its ticket prices by 100%. The airline says this is untrue. A Facebook post claims that Air Peace airlines has ...

IN SHORT: A graphic posted on Facebook claims Kenya’s Social Health Authority is recruiting for 28 roles. But the ad has all the hallmarks of a scam – a fake email address, spelling and grammatical ...

IN SHORT: Fraudulent posts circulating on Facebook claim that Yoweri Museveni is offering Ugandans a USh100,000 (US$27) Christmas cash grant. But this is engagement bait. A post on Facebook claims ...

That’s the statement circulating on social media in Nigeria. Netflix is a subscription-based streaming platform that offers content such as movies, television shows and documentaries. Nigeria is ...

IN SHORT: Northern Nigerian leaders are opposing Bola Tinubu's tax reform bill, but claims that the president has retaliated are false. In November 2024, Nigerian president Bola Tinubu introduced a ...

IN SHORT: Many Kenyans struggling financially would be happy to access quick loans without stringent credit checks. But beware, this Facebook account with attractive loan offers and a quick ...

IN SHORT: A Facebook ad claiming thousands of job vacancies are available at the Kenya Red Cross Society has been exposed as fake. It uses a Gmail address and contains grammatical and spelling errors, ...

IN SHORT: This Facebook page encourages its 23,000 followers to buy a “kidney cleanser and detoxifying herbal tea” that can allegedly cure several kidney-related conditions. However, without ...

IN SHORT: A video has been posted on Facebook claiming to show soldiers deployed to the northwestern parts of Nigeria in September 2024 to find a notorious gangster and others like him. However, the ...

IN SHORT: Social media posts claiming that Moussa Faki has endorsed Djibouti's Mahammoud Ali Youssouf for the AUC chairmanship are false. The pan-African bloc has refuted the claim. The race to ...