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Fake: No, US broadcaster CNN hasn't projected Peter Obi as Nigeria's president-elect instead of Bola Tinubu IN SHORT: With Bola Tinubu's inauguration as Nigeria's president set for 29 May 2023, misinformation about his election victory continues to circulate on Facebook. One of these includes a photoshopped image showing CNN projecting Peter Obi as the president-elect instead of Tibunu (Source: Africa Check)

False: No, pandemic treaty still a rough draft, doesn't give World Health Organization 'control over entire world' IN SHORT : The World Health Organization's voluntary pandemic treaty lays out ways countries could cooperate to prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics. It doesn't hand all power over to the WHO. And it's still being negotiated and nowhere near being ratified. "I wan (Source: Africa Check)

Lacks_Context: “Fauci admits to wearing a mask indoors because of appearances, not science” CLAIM "Fauci admits to wearing a mask indoors because of appearances, not science" more about the rating framework VERDICT SOURCE: Hannah Nightingale, The Post Millennial, 18 May 2021 DETAILS Lacks Context: Director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (Source: Science Feedback)

False: Video shows the recent blasts that happened in East Medinipur in West Bengal. A video which shows an explosion in an open field is being shared with a claim that it shows visuals from the recent blast that happened in a factory in West Bengal's East Medinipur.What are users claiming?: People have shared the video with a caption, that when translated from H (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)