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Proof: FACT-CHECK: Did UNICEF predict Niger State will not have boys in Grade 7/JSS1 by 2027?

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

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SHA-256

4c5cc86c995791df5ee804aff5529996323622e3dae92dec2977e23ef4bcfb09

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970135, mined 2026-10-06 05:28 UTC.

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Wayback Machine

• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-06 04:14 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-06 04:14 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-4c5cc86c9957.json prints 4c5cc86c995791df5ee804aff5529996323622e3dae92dec2977e23ef4bcfb09. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-4c5cc86c9957.json and headline-4c5cc86c9957.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-4c5cc86c9957.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.