SINCE the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced through its verified Twitter handle: @FBI, on June 27, soliciting supports to help locate six Nigerians accused of an online scam worth over $6 million, the news has gone viral on the internet and elicited diverse reactions from other Nigerians and the local media.
A news report by TVC News Nigeria, which claimed that security agencies foiled a planned attack by a terrorist group, Hezbollah, on Ikoyi and Lekki areas of Lagos state, is FALSE.
A viral social media post that claimed Nobel Peace laureate Denis Mukwege resigned from the DR Congo government’s COVID-19 Taskforce Team because he was asked to manipulate number of COVID-19 patients is FALSE.
