IN SHORT: The Nigeria Forest Security Service is not recruiting. Interested social media users should ignore posts encouraging them to apply from 11 November 2025, and check the service’s official ...

IN SHORT: A video showing US president Donald Trump apparently urging Ugandans not to forgive their president, Yoweri Museveni, until he steps down and retires from politics has gone viral online.

IN SHORT: A claim that Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni is critically ill and in hospital is circulating on social media. However, there is no evidence to support it. Two graphics circulating on ...

IN SHORT: According to some Facebook posts, former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo said “Nigeria would have become a completely Islamized country” without Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the ...

IN SHORT: Shortly after the announcement of former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga’s death on 15 October 2025, some social media posts claimed that his older brother had been rushed to the hospital ...

IN SHORT: Some social media posts claim that the matriculation exam is no longer required for entry to tertiary institutions in Nigeria. However, the education ministry says this is not true. The ...

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