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Koroma’s personal assistant and the APC’s publicity secretary have dismissed the claim.
#Dubawachecks #APC #ErnestKoroma #RichardKonteh
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On October 25, 2026, Steven Cheung shared a video of a conversation with Nicki Minaj and suggested she could be the new White House press secretary.
#Dubawachecks #StevenCheung #NickiMinaj #TheWhiteHouse #Trump
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Is Manchester City demanding £500 million in damages after being cleared of the Premier League charges?
#Dubawachecks #ManchesterCity #PremierLeague #
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A photo of Achraf Hakimi holding a Guinness World Records certificate has caught attention online, but is it real?
#Dubawachecks #AchrafHakimi #GuinnessWorldRecords #PSG
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Cristiano Ronaldo winning the Super Ballon d’Or would be major football news, but is it true?
#Dubawachecks #Ronaldo #ChristianoRonaldo #BallondOr
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Could the Eiffel Tower really be burning while the image spreads across social media?
#Dubawachecks #EiffelTower #Paris #
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Can Donald Trump appoint a new president for Ukraine? Not at all! Ukraine’s president is elected by Ukrainian citizens, and Trump has no authority to appoint someone to the position.
#Dubawachecks #DonaldTrump #JaredKushner #Ukraine #VolodymyrZelenskyy
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Did Brazilian football star Vinícius Júnior really wear a Sierra Leone national team jersey bearing Mohamed Kallon’s name?
#Dubawachecks #ViníciusJúnior #MohamedKallon #SierraLeone #
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Did France just deploy 7,000 additional troops to fight an alleged ‘Islamic invasion’? Not quite.
#Dubawachecks #
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Could a video of a stadium in another country mislead people about Sierra Leone’s infrastructure?
#Dubawachecks #AlThumamaStadium #Qatar #SiakaStevensNationalStadium
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Is Barcelona really off the hook in the Negreira case? Not according to the available evidence.
#Dubawachecks #Negreira #Barcelona #RealMadrid #UEFA
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Before you believe or share that viral video, take a closer look at it.
#Dubawachecks #DavidVanWeel #EuropeanUnion #JosLeijdekkers
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Seen the claim that Kandeh Yumkella has moved from the SLPP to the APC? Before sharing it, check the facts.
#Dubawachecks #KandehYumkella #KKY #SLPP #APC #NGC
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A 20-point deduction for 10 seasons would be a massive blow to any football club, and that’s exactly why this claim caught attention online. But has Manchester City actually been handed such a punishment?
#Dubawachecks #ManchesterCity #Premierleague
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Did Coventry City sack Lampard after a difficult start to the season?
#Dubawachecks #CoventryCity #FrankLampard #PremierLeague
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