Politics

FACT-CHECK: Is APC luring Abubakar Shekau with vice presidential ticket?

Samad Uthman August 2, 2020

On July 25th, a Twitter account with the handle @AustinNwabufo and profile name Austin Nwabufo, claimed that...

FACT-CHECK: Did Oyetola spend 3 days in Abuja without seeing Buni? oyetola and buni

FACT-CHECK: Did Oyetola spend 3 days in Abuja without seeing Buni?

Samad Uthman August 2, 2020

A POST with several claims about 2023 presidency and the internal leadership tussle in the ruling All...

Understatement: There Are MORE Than 90 Million Extremely Poor Nigerians nigerians-at-a-lagos-island-market

Understatement: There Are MORE Than 90 Million Extremely Poor Nigerians

Segun Olakoyenikan November 2, 2019

CLAIM: Sadiya Umar said 90 million Nigerians are living in extreme poverty. FALSE: The minister’s notion with...

Buhari Reneged On His First-Term Pre-Election Promise

Ebere Agozie October 30, 2019

CLAIM: President Buhari, during his election campaign in 2014 and 2015, promised the electorate that he will...

NO! Ghana Does Not Have A ‘123-Man Cabinet’ Ghana Inauguration 5

NO! Ghana Does Not Have A ‘123-Man Cabinet’

Caroline Anipah October 16, 2019

Full Text On September 25, 2019, a twitter user claimed that President Nana Akufo-Addo has a ‘123-man...

Nigeria: Does The School Feeding Programme Cost The Govt More Than The Education Sector? FALSE Feeding-Scheme-1000x600

Nigeria: Does The School Feeding Programme Cost The Govt More Than The Education Sector? FALSE

Gbenga Salau August 28, 2019

CLAIM: A message by a Whatsapp user claimed that N228 billion had been spent so far on...

Fact-checking Vice President Dr Bawumia’s #DroptheHypocrisy Tweet Veep-Counts-NPPs-Gains-in-New-Year-Message-1000x600

Fact-checking Vice President Dr Bawumia’s #DroptheHypocrisy Tweet

Caroline Anipah August 28, 2019

FULL TEXT: On July 10 2019, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in a tweet via his official...

UK Report Did Not Indict President Buhari Over The Killings Of Christians! tenn-church

UK Report Did Not Indict President Buhari Over The Killings Of Christians!

Temilade Onilede August 26, 2019

CLAIM: UK report indict Buhari over the killings of Christians FALSE: Textbook disinformation! The story took elements of...

President Buhari DID NOT Sack Bashir Ahmad, Lauretta Onochie! Lauretta-Onochie-1000x600

President Buhari DID NOT Sack Bashir Ahmad, Lauretta Onochie!

Oyeniyi Oyedeji August 22, 2019

CLAIM: Buhari sacks his media aides, Lauretta Onochie and Bashir Ahmad; alleges viral blog post. FALSE: There...

NO, WAEC Did Not Release Ranking For Best Performing States In Nigeria For 2019 waec-result-nov-Dec-2016-1000x600

NO, WAEC Did Not Release Ranking For Best Performing States In Nigeria For 2019

Ebere Agozie August 20, 2019

CLAIM: A viral report by Sahara Reporters claimed that Abia, Anambra, Edo states emerged as the best...

FACT-CHECK: Is APC luring Abubakar Shekau with vice presidential ticket?

FACT-CHECK: Did Oyetola spend 3 days in Abuja without seeing Buni?

Understatement: There Are MORE Than 90 Million Extremely Poor Nigerians

Buhari Reneged On His First-Term Pre-Election Promise

NO! Ghana Does Not Have A ‘123-Man Cabinet’

Nigeria: Does The School Feeding Programme Cost The Govt More Than The Education Sector? FALSE

Fact-checking Vice President Dr Bawumia’s #DroptheHypocrisy Tweet

UK Report Did Not Indict President Buhari Over The Killings Of Christians!

President Buhari DID NOT Sack Bashir Ahmad, Lauretta Onochie!

NO, WAEC Did Not Release Ranking For Best Performing States In Nigeria For 2019

Economy

False! Ghas closed media houses after 2017

False! Miracle leaf does not cure cataract, glaucoma or blurry vision

False! Southern region of Sierra Leone has more than one government hospital

No flights, big fallout: The impact of Air Sierra Leone’s shutdown