In April 2025, messaging platform WhatsApp introduced a new feature called “advanced chat privacy”. We break down the facts.

The FBI is set to arrest a Nigerian fraudster by name Ehiremen Aigbokhan who scammed Donald Trump of 250,000 dollars,” reads ...

Nigeria's contentious tax reforms are expected to come into effect at the start of 2026 and could change Nigeria’s tax system significantly.

A TikTok user has posted a video in which they claim that the Iranian president warned Nigeria against getting involved in ...

Former Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari died in a London hospital on 13 July 2025 and was given a state burial two days later. Buhari ...

The Nigerian senate has approved the creation of 12 new states across the country. That’s according to a message circulating on social media in Nigeria s ...

“Staged abduction,” reads the apparent front page of Kenya’s Standard newspaper, dated 3 July 2025, still circulating on Facebook. In the summary below the headline, the newspaper appears to offer an ...

A document circulating on Facebook claims the deadline for online registration for Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) first-year students is 8 August 2025. MMUST is a public ...

Kenyan governor James Orengo has resigned. That’s according to posts doing the rounds on social media in Kenya. Orengo is the governor of Siaya county, located about 420 kilometres west of the capital ...

Old video used to falsely claim Nigerian politician Atiku Abubakar sure of being opposition coalition’s pick for president in 2027 polls ...

Note: In October 2017, AfriForum released a commercial farm murder rate of 156 per 100,000. It was calculated using the same flawed methodology outlined below. In a recent debate in South Africa’s ...

Adolescent mental health in South Africa: what do the numbers say? How many adolescents have mental illness? And how many get the care they need? A South African news article’s statistics may be ...