Fact Check: Viral Videos of #FreeNnamdiKanu Protest Not from Nigeria

Fact-Check: Sheikh Gumi’s Video Advocating for Bandits Is Edited 0
- Fact Check, News
- December 4, 2025
CLAIM: Video shows Sheikh Gumi advocating for bandits to be included in the country’s national budget VERDICT: Misleading. The interview is real, but the viral video is edited. FULL STORY A popular blog, ‘Linda Ikeji Blog’ posted a video clip featuring controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Gumi. In the clip, which appears to have been cut
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Fact Check: The Claim that Islamic Terrorists Set Fire to a Church in Northern Nigeria is false; Video Not from Nigeria.0
- Fact Check
- December 1, 2025
CLAIM: Video showing a church in northern Nigeria allegedly set on fire by Islamic terrorists VERDICT: False. The video is from Ghana, not Nigeria. FULL STORY A video has surfaced on social media with the claim that it shows a church building in northern Nigeria that was set on fire by Islamic terrorists. A TikTok
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The Trending #FreeNnamdiKanu Protest Video is AI-generated 0
- Fact Check, News
- November 24, 2025
CLAIM: Video shows protesters seeking the release of Nnamdi Kanu VERDICT: False. The video is AI-generated. FULL STORY Barely 48 hours after being sentenced to life imprisonment, on the 22nd of November 2025, X user @kizyuzoma posted a 10-second video of purported protesters calling for the release of Nnamdi Kanu. Attached to the video is
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Fact Check: Kwankwaso Did Not Delete His Tweet Responding to Donald Trump’s Announcement 0
- Fact Check, News
- November 20, 2025
CLAIM: That Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso deleted his X (formerly Twitter) post reacting to U.S. President Donald Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern.” VERDICT: False. The post remains on his official X page and has not been deleted. FULL STORY A claim circulating on X, posted by user @nobleigwe, alleges that
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