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NO! N-Power has not shortlisted successful applicants Rubber Stamp And Word Fake Printed On A Paper Background With The Repeated Text Authentic. Concept O

Rubber Stamp And Word Fake Printed On A Paper Background With The Repeated Text Authentic. Concept O

NO! N-Power has not shortlisted successful applicants

Ifedayo Ogunyemi November 18, 2020

CLAIM: A viral post on WhatsApp claims successful N-Power candidates have been shortlisted. FALSE. Based on these...

Fact-checking Twitter user’s claims that FG earmarked N380bn to Prosecute Terrorists, Gave ASUU N20bn

Nurudeen Lawal November 17, 2020

Claim: A Twitter user claims ₦380 billion was earmarked in the 2021 Budget Proposal for the prosecution...

ASUU did not ask students to prepare for resumption as falsely reported Misleading! ASUU not embarking on nationwide strike

ASUU did not ask students to prepare for resumption as falsely reported

Lois Ugbede November 16, 2020

Claim: A report by Daily Post claims ASUU asked students to prepare for resumption next week. False....

Tweet asking students to acquire skills, have fun is from a parody account, not ASUU

Lois Ugbede November 16, 2020

Claim: The screenshot of a report by PM news claims that ASUU has urged students to acquire...

U.S. election: How true is claim that Biden is not yet president-elect? donald-trump-joe-biden

U.S. election: How true is claim that Biden is not yet president-elect?

Lois Ugbede November 14, 2020

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims nobody is President-elect in the United State until the safe harbour...

No evidence to show fuel was sold for N600 as claimed by Garba Shehu Garba-Shehu

No evidence to show fuel was sold for N600 as claimed by Garba Shehu

Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi November 13, 2020

CLAIM: Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant for Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari claimed on...

Trending Video of Wike accusing SARS officers of misconduct is edited version of 2017 clip 5945d1601e92fd013e4b0e14b00d5394_XL

No, This is not a Picture of #EndSARS Protesters

Aliyu Dahiru November 4, 2020

Claim: Several social media users uploaded a picture of a congested crowd apparently taken in Nigeria claiming...

No, These Are Not Katsina Women Calling Buhari to Resign

Aliyu Dahiru November 4, 2020

Claim: A video shared widely on WhatsApp and uploaded to Twitter shows women protesting and calling in...

Viral post on FG giving out grants to support Nigerians is a hoax whatsapptoyotascam

Viral post on FG giving out grants to support Nigerians is a hoax

Samad Uthman November 3, 2020

CLAIM: That the federal government is giving out 3million grants to support Nigerians. The claim is untrue....

NO! N-Power has not shortlisted successful applicants

Fact-checking Twitter user’s claims that FG earmarked N380bn to Prosecute Terrorists, Gave ASUU N20bn

ASUU did not ask students to prepare for resumption as falsely reported

Tweet asking students to acquire skills, have fun is from a parody account, not ASUU

U.S. election: How true is claim that Biden is not yet president-elect?

No evidence to show fuel was sold for N600 as claimed by Garba Shehu

Trending Video of Wike accusing SARS officers of misconduct is edited version of 2017 clip

No, This is not a Picture of #EndSARS Protesters

No, These Are Not Katsina Women Calling Buhari to Resign

Viral post on FG giving out grants to support Nigerians is a hoax

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Electricity subsidy removal, heart disease remedy, other claims fact-checked this week

Viral claim about ‘Hisbah chief with police ADC,’ misleading

Contrary to Obi’s claim, FG has not removed electricity subsidy

Does regular sex prevent heart disease?