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

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 ...

Former Kenyan deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has been cursed by elders from the Kikuyu community. That’s according to an image of what appears to be the 25 July 2025 front page of Kenya’s Standard ...

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

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

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

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

‘Death, death, death’: setting the record straight on Trump’s South Africa farm murder spectacle As the country debates THAT White House meeting, we took a closer look at some of the claims traded in ...

EXPLAINER: What South Africa’s Expropriation Act does and doesn’t allow The South African government’s passing of the 2024 Expropriation Act was received with mixed reactions, including criticism from ...

IN SHORT: Several Facebook posts claim that 3,690 Nigerians face deportation from the US. According to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s non-detained list of foreign nationals, this claim ...

IN SHORT: While Trump has issued a series of executive orders, there is no proof that he has specifically ordered the children of Nigerian politicians to leave the country. Since retaking office in ...

Were December 2024 remittances from Nigeria’s diaspora were equivalent to a whopping 4% of the country’s GDP? The data says otherwise.