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Precious Ewuji

Lagos

Sub-Editor at Roundcheck

Journalist at Freelance

researching @africacheck • on a path to becoming a comms. and public relations genius • licensed teacher.

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Articles

  • Nigerian Customs Officer Shot and Killed a Civilian in 2019, Not 2025 As Suggested Online

    1 week ago | allafrica.com | Precious Ewuji

    Nigerian customs officer shot and killed a civilian in 2019, not 2025 as suggested online IN SHORT: Ignore social media posts claiming a viral video shows a Nigerian customs officer shooting and killing a man in June 2025. The incident took place in 2019. Warning: This report fact-checks a distressing video. Discretion is advised. A Nigerian customs officer shot and killed a man on the Lagos-Benin Expressway for refusing to give him N5,000 (about $3.23).

  • Unrelated photo used as false proof of Nigerian police deputy commissioner Mohammed Guri’s death

    1 week ago | africacheck.org | Precious Ewuji

    Old news and misleading imageA keyword search revealed that Guri died a year before the claim started circulating. According to local media, he collapsed and died in his office on . Guri was  wearing his police uniform when he collapsed. This contradicts the widely circulated image of a man in purple clothing. A closer look at the photo reveals that the man lying on the floor does not look like Guri. The man has a black and grey beard. But Guri didn’t have a beard.

  • Nigeria: Old Photo Used As Evidence to Claim Suspended Governor of Nigeria's Rivers State and His Predecessor Have Made Peace

    3 weeks ago | allafrica.com | Precious Ewuji

    Old photo used as evidence to claim suspended governor of Nigeria's Rivers state and his predecessor have made peaceIN SHORT: There is no evidence to support the claim that the governor of Nigeria's Rivers state Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike have buried the hatchet. And the photo accompanying this claim is from 2022.

  • Old photo used as evidence to claim suspended governor of Nigeria’s Rivers state and his predecessor have made peace

    3 weeks ago | africacheck.org | Precious Ewuji

    IN SHORT: There is no evidence to support the claim that the governor of Nigeria’s Rivers state Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor Nyesom Wike have buried the hatchet. And the photo accompanying this claim is from 2022. A photo of Simmilayi Fubara, the suspended governor of Nigeria’s Rivers state, and his predecessor Nyesom Wike has been doing the rounds on social media since 21 May 2025.

  • Nigeria’s Abia state government denies claims that it interfered in arrest of suspected internet fraudsters

    4 weeks ago | africacheck.org | Precious Ewuji

    IN SHORT: According to some Facebook posts, the governor of Nigeria’s Abia state interfered in the arrest of 59 young people accused of internet fraud. However, we found no evidence of such an arrest in the state around the time the posts were published, and the state government has labelled them “fake news”. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is a government agency responsible for fighting financial crimes in Nigeria.

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