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Nigeria@60: A journey into cultural diversity in Africa’s most populated country nigeria culture

Nigeria@60: A journey into cultural diversity in Africa’s most populated country

Silas Jonathan October 1, 2020

One episode that takes the center stage in the festivities about Nigeria’s birthday is the showcase of...

Nigeria@60: How true is claim that Portuguese were first Europeans to Berth in Nigeria? 1200px-Flag_of_Nigeria_(1914–1952).svg

Nigeria@60: How true is claim that Portuguese were first Europeans to Berth in Nigeria?

Nurudeen Lawal October 1, 2020

Though Nigeria was a colony of Britain, there have been recurrent historical claims that the Portuguese were...

Nigeria@60: Why Nigeria’s capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja city gate

Nigeria@60: Why Nigeria’s capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja

Lois Ugbede October 1, 2020

The location of a country’s capital is an important feature in the political geography of that country....

Nigeria@60: How wealthy was Nigeria before Crude oil exploration?

Silas Jonathan October 1, 2020

The acclaimed tenet of a once 'Crudeless' and dominant Nigerian economy

Did Guinea Bissau President beat up a minister for squandering COVID-19 funds?

Lois Ugbede September 30, 2020

A viral video claims the president of Guinea Bissau beat up a minister for Squandering COVID-19 funds....

Fact-checking Reno Omokri’s claim on Nigeria’s debt profile public-debt

Fact-checking Reno Omokri’s claim on Nigeria’s debt profile

Samad Uthman September 30, 2020

On 10th September 2020, Reno Omokri, an ex-spokesperson to the former president Goodluck Jonathan, claimed that Jonathan...

Are prices of food items ‘coming down’ as claimed by Garba Shehu? Garba-Shehu

Are prices of food items ‘coming down’ as claimed by Garba Shehu?

Samad Uthman September 30, 2020

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

Did the newly elected Chairman of ECOWAS warn the Government of Sierra Leone against sending ‘the country into another senseless Civil War’?

Alie Tarawally September 29, 2020

Social media platforms in Sierra Leone have seen the circulation of an unusual newspaper named Daily Graphic...

Explainer: This is how Nigeria became one of the top 10 rated nations in ease of doing business

Arit Effanga September 29, 2020

The Federal Government, through its Twitter handle, recently claimed that the world bank currently rates Nigeria as...

Evaluating the claim that Nigeria performed poorly in SDGs in the past five years

Arit Effanga September 29, 2020

Mr. Michael Ale, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Development Nigeria said at a forum organised by...

Nigeria@60: A journey into cultural diversity in Africa’s most populated country

Nigeria@60: How true is claim that Portuguese were first Europeans to Berth in Nigeria?

Nigeria@60: Why Nigeria’s capital was moved from Lagos to Abuja

Nigeria@60: How wealthy was Nigeria before Crude oil exploration?

Did Guinea Bissau President beat up a minister for squandering COVID-19 funds?

Fact-checking Reno Omokri’s claim on Nigeria’s debt profile

Are prices of food items ‘coming down’ as claimed by Garba Shehu?

Did the newly elected Chairman of ECOWAS warn the Government of Sierra Leone against sending ‘the country into another senseless Civil War’?

Explainer: This is how Nigeria became one of the top 10 rated nations in ease of doing business

Evaluating the claim that Nigeria performed poorly in SDGs in the past five years

Economy

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?