Kenya: Beware of Suspicious Facebook Page Impersonating Popular Kenyan YouTuber
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: Facebook is awash with misleading pages and posts offering quick loans to social media users. Unfortunately posts on a page claiming to be made by popular Kenyan YouTuber Mungai Eve are also fraudulent, and possibly attempts to…
Nigeria: No, U.S. Actor Will Smith Didn’t Urge Nigerians to ‘Fight’ for Presidential Candidate Peter Obi in 2023 Elections
[Africa Check] IN SHORT: Labour Party candidate Peter Obi is popular with the country’s youth. But there’s no evidence that he’s also bagged the endorsement of popular Hollywood actor Will Smith.
Nigeria: Popular Nollywood Actor Genevieve Nnaji Not Dead
[Africa Check] Nollywood actor Genevieve Nnaji is dead, claims a post published on Facebook in Nigeria on 7 July 2022.
Kenya: No, Kenyan Musician Juliani Not Appointed As Azimio Election Coalition’s Entertainment Director
[Africa Check] Kenyan hip-hop artist Julius Owino, popularly known as Juliani, has been appointed as the Azimio la Umoja election coalition’s entertainment director, claim messages circulating on Facebook since early May 2022.