By 211 Check Editorial Team For the past few weeks, women in Bor, Jonglei State have been banned from putting on trousers and/or miniskirts. According to a disclaimer seen by 211 Check, “If your girlfriend or wife is coming here (Bor, Jonglei State) with trousers or miniskirts, let her prepare to be beaten by the […]
According to Wikipedia, the Thon Hotels (formerly known as Rainbow Hotels) is a Norwegian-based hotel chain. It is currently the 3rd largest hotel chain in Norway with 50-odd hotels in Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands owned by Olav Thon By Emmanuel Bida Thomas A Facebook post this afternoon claimed that the Thon Hotels in Norway […]
The photo first used by The City Review Digital in its story “Sherikat youths invade Kampala park demanding jobs” is of a bus park found in Birendranagar, Nepal not Sherikhat, Juba By Emmanuel Bida Thomas A story by The City Review Digital, a local newspaper in South Sudan published on Saturday, 23rd October 2021 titled […]
“This scam uses Bank of South Sudan’s brand names and logo in order to make the prize look legitimate. They claim that the BoSS offers prizes worth 300 thousand United States Dollars. This is not true, the BoSS does not offer prizes, awards, or funds,” reads a statement shared by the Bank of South Sudan […]
It’s true that Ecobank has an upcoming event. But it’s not an anniversary, not its 40th either. This is an event hinged on corporate social responsibility and no participants are required to click the malicious link above in order to join. And, there will be no specified $3000 present, at least. By Charles Lotara As […]
On Wednesday 13th October 2021, a press release by the office of The Vice President for Service Cluster and Chairman of the National Taskforce on COVID-19, Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, announced that Public and Private Institutions will now have to undergo Mandatory COVID-19 Test and Vaccination. By David Uku Several media reports published in the last […]
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has an initiative named Presidential Youth Entrepreneurship Support (P-YES) and the application dates for 2021 have not yet been announced. Their official site is hosted at www.p-yes.gov.ng By: Oriba Douglas A widely shared WhatsApp message claims that the National Youth Empowerment Fund, a federal government agency in the Federal Republic […]
By 211 Check Editorial Team Only 870 candidates out of 33,255 failed the 2020/21 Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations. The results were announced last Friday by Awut Deng Acuil, the Minister of General Education and Instruction who also serves as the chair of the National Examinations Council.The examination had the highest number of candidates since […]
As technology continues to become a part of our day-to-day life, social media impersonation attempts by malicious actors are also far from coming to a halt but rather becoming more sophisticated in nature. By Vukeni Innocent Joseph When we think about impersonation, the first thing that comes to mind is an act of deception. Impersonation […]
The UNICEF South Sudan Communications Officer has told 211 Check that the recruitment for vacant positions allegedly by the organisation is fake, and no one should recognize it because they don’t receive job applications via email. By Emmanuel Bida Thomas A job posting purportedly from UNICEF South Sudan has been making the rounds on social […]
