IN SHORT: Saudi Arabia has not banned Nigerians from participating in the 2025 hajj, contrary to online claims. It only suspended new short-term visas, which does not affect hajj pilgrims. Several ...

IN SHORT: A Kenyan high school has been in the national spotlight after the government lost a court battle to stop a play from being performed at the school. But no evidence supports alarming claims ...

IN SHORT: This video shows KTN journalist Ali Manzu seemingly reporting on a joint pain cure developed by Umra Omar, who also endorses the product. But the video is a deepfake, and no such product ...

Several TikTok videos contain sensational false claims, ranging from the alleged deaths or accidents of famous Kenyans to major political shifts in the country. One of the videos includes a dramatic ...

The Facebook page M-Gas Kenya is offering Kenyans cooking gas cylinders on credit. According to the page, users can get these cylinders by paying a deposit of KSh500 (about US$3.80) and a daily ...

IN SHORT: There has been an influx of misinformation in Nigeria after a group of Hausa men were killed by a mob in March 2025. One such false rumour is that a rocket was fired at southeastern Nigeria ...

IN SHORT: Amid the turmoil facing Kenya’s Social Health Authority, a job advertisement circulating on Facebook claims that the state health insurer is recruiting. But the job ad is fake. A job ad on ...

IN SHORT: This Facebook page with thousands of followers poses as an asset finance company offering easy credit for motorbikes. But beware, the page and the offers are fake. Kenyans looking to venture ...

On 31 March, in a media interview, Ruto said: “There are 200,000 Kenyans – 240,000 to be exact – ask Alice Wahome, working in ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts claim this viral video shows the funerals of Ugandan soldiers killed in South Sudan. But they are wrong; the video shows the burial of 10 workers from the Kawambwa ...

IN SHORT: Some social media users claim that former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has spoken highly of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the separatist group the Indigenous People of Biafra. But there’s ...