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No, Abia not the first Nigerian state to launch electric bus transport system

IN SHORT: Nigeria’s Abia state government is set to launch an electric bus transport system by the end of 2025. But claims that Abia will be the first Nigerian state to do this are false. On 11 ...
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No, Nigeria’s electoral commission chair nominee was not part of president Tinubu’s legal team at election tribunal

IN SHORT: Shortly after Nigerian president Bola Tinubu nominated Prof Joash Amupitan as the next chair of the country’s electoral commission, several social media posts claimed that he was Tinubu’s ...
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Is Cape Town South Africa's second most dangerous city? Here's what the numbers show

There’s no denying that murder rates in South Africa are high. But two bold claims published by the Guardian still caught our ...
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Are there HIV meds in the water? Here’s what the science says

An old research report turned up in the headlines last month and left South Africans worried about our water systems. Bhekisisa joined up with Africa Check to find out how good research got ...
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FACTSHEET: From VAT to income tax: how Nigeria’s new tax rules affect you

President Bola Tinubu’s contentious tax reforms are expected to come into effect at the start of 2026 and could change Nigeria’s tax system significantly. We look at what they aim to fix. In June 2025 ...
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US president Trump didn’t say Nigeria’s leadership poses threat to global security

IN SHORT: The Trump administration is considering adding 36 countries, including Nigeria, to the US travel ban list. But the US president hasn’t labelled the West African country a threat to global ...
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From table salt to the Vatican: Unpacking popular Nigerian pastor Chris Oyakhilome's new viral health claims

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been previously sanctioned in the UK for Covid-19 misinformation, but has made new claims about cancer, vaccines and the Pope’s death. We investigated. The pastor advised ...
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‘Death, death, death’: setting the record straight on Trump’s South Africa farm murder spectacle

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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This ginger and lemon concoction doesn’t change anything – diabetes is still incurable

IN SHORT: Don’t believe this video claiming to have a cure for diabetes. Its home remedies are nothing new and not effective. While diabetes can be managed in various ways, it can’t be cured. “Say ...
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EXPLAINER: What South Africa’s Expropriation Act does and doesn’t allow

Tensions between South Africa and the new US administration have made headlines in the early weeks of 2025. Early in February, US president Donald Trump took to social media claiming that South Africa ...
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No, South Africa hasn’t barred white-owned farms from agricultural export permits – old claims still wrong

IN SHORT: Old claims from 2023 have resurfaced in January 2025, repeating news reports that the South African government had imposed new race-based regulations on exports that would devastate the ...
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Will the real Slim Shady please stand up? Eminem video endorsing South African opposition party EFF and bashing the ruling ANC is a deepfake

IN SHORT: A video which has gained popularity on various social media platforms in early 2024 is a doctored version of a 2009 interview in which Eminem made no mention of South African politics. A ...