News broke out about two women, Eva Omaghomi and Professor Dame Elizabeth Anionwu who played important roles at the coronation of England’s new monarch, King Charles III. It was published that they are of Nigerian descent.
The claim is true, here’s how we know.
While Eva Omaghomi stunned in all peach – a beautiful peach gown, peach stilettos and a peach gele, Professor Dame Elizabeth Nneka wore a blue lace shirt and skirt and a white gele, bearing the orb at the coronation.
The duo are known to always appear in such attire, typical of a Yoruba Owanbe outfit. A check on Google will state the facts.
According to a biography written by Professor Dame Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu on her website, https://www.elizabethanionwu.co.uk/about-me/, she was born in Birmingham in 1947 and identifies herself as of Irish/Nigerian heritage. She started work for the NHS as a school nurse assistant in Wolverhampton at the age of 16.
Elizabeth was inspired to become a nurse at the young age of four because, a ‘wonderful nursing nun’ treated her childhood eczema in an expert and sensitive manner. She is currently Emeritus Professor of Nursing at the University of West London.
Eva Omaghomi on the other hand is a British-Nigerian who has worked for King Charles and Queen Camilla during their 13 years’ reign as Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.
She is their longest-serving black staff. Charles in 2021 appointed Eva Omaghomi as the director of community engagement, a newly created role to improve diversity and culture in royal households.
CONCLUSION
The claim that two women who were stunning at King Charles’ III Coronation are of Nigerian descent is TRUE
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A video forwarded many times on WhatsApp shows military troops beside dead bandits after a recent gun fight.
The claim is FALSE
Earlier in September, there were reports that no fewer than 50 bandits were killed with atleast 20 soldiers dead in a clash in Kundu village near Zungeru in Wushishi, Niger State.
It was learnt that seven other soldiers and five vigilantes sustained varying degrees of gunshot injuries. This comes after a recent attack on troops and the crash of a Nigerian Air Force helicopter.
The video being shared had the caption “Bandits killed after gun battle with army in Kundu along Zungeru Tegina road.”
A voice was heard saying most of the terrorists were not more than fifteen years old and some looked like foreigners.
Using InVid video verification tool, the result showed that the video is an old clip from 2021 when Nigerian troops killed Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) commanders and destroyed their training bases at Lake Chad.
CONCLUSION
Several fact checking agencies, including the DailyTrust, have announced that the video claim is FALSE.
Following his press conference on assumption of office as the minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike has been quoted to have ordered the demolition of Jabi Motor park in Abuja.
The claim is FALSE
One of the sources of the claim is from a one minute-twenty-seven-seconds video shared on Tik-Tok and forwarded many times on WhatsApp
According to a report by Daily Trust, someone speaking in the Hausa language was heard lamenting that “Everyone in Nigeria knows Jabi Park and today the government has ordered its demolition. Our shops have been demolished and our business burned.” However, Daily Trust debunked the claim and confirmed from those at the park that there is neither ongoing demolition or notification of such at the Jabi park and there had been none in 2023.
Still Several statements continued to be shared on social media and blogs supporting the claim.
Verifying the video using a Google reverse image, results revealed that the video was from 2020 when the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) ordered the demolition of illegal shops in the Jabi Motor Park.
CONCLUSION
The claim that the FCT minister Nyesom Wike had ordered demolition of Jabi Motor Park is false.