Education
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No! TETFUND not offering Nigerian students N20,000 grant
Claim: A website claims that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) is offering Nigerian students N20,000 grant. This is being…
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How true is Wike’s claim Rivers State has never allocated less than 30% of its budget to education?
Claim: Governor Chief Nyesom Wike claims that Rivers State has never allocated less than 30 percent of its budget to…
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COVID-19: At resumption, Nigerian universities pledged to keep students safe, how have they kept this promise?
Ten months after they were forced to go home from March 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic and a strike by…
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Fake Twitter Handle claims ASUU has suspended strike but this is FALSE
Claim: The Academic Staff Union of Universities has suspended its ongoing strike The claim that the university lecturers have suspended…
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ASUU has not suspended its 8-month strike as claimed in viral WhatsApp message
Claim: A WhatsApp post claims ASUU has suspended its strike action indefinitely The claim that ASUU has suspended its about…
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Fact-checking Twitter user’s claims that FG earmarked N380bn to Prosecute Terrorists, Gave ASUU N20bn
Claim: A Twitter user claims ₦380 billion was earmarked in the 2021 Budget Proposal for the prosecution of Boko Haram…
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ASUU did not ask students to prepare for resumption as falsely reported
Claim: A report by Daily Post claims ASUU asked students to prepare for resumption next week. False. The claim is…
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Tweet asking students to acquire skills, have fun is from a parody account, not ASUU
Claim: The screenshot of a report by PM news claims that ASUU has urged students to acquire new skills, travel,…
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Misleading WhatsApp message gives breakdown of approved new teacher’s salary structure
Claim: A viral WhatsApp message gave a breakdown of the new teacher’s salary structure approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, comparing…
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Viral Video suggesting ASUU chairman was slapped is FALSE
CLAIM: That ASUU and federal government meeting ended in an altercation, and ASUU chairman, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, was slapped. The…
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