Politics

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...

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...

A ticklish website offers freebies for people to stay home, then invades users’ privacy Key on a computer keyboard for fact checking statements

A ticklish website offers freebies for people to stay home, then invades users’ privacy

Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi September 29, 2020

Information circulating across WhatsApp groups claims that a free N4, 000 and 1000GB internet data is available...

Twitter user claims Obasanjo inherited $3bn in foreign reserve but how true is this?

Nelly Kalu September 28, 2020

A twitter user, Chijioke, claimed that former President Olusegun Obasanjo inherited $3bn and left $54bn in foreign...

These Are Not Pictures Of IPOB News Studio In South Africa ipob studio

These Are Not Pictures Of IPOB News Studio In South Africa

Kunle Adebajo September 28, 2020

Two pictures were recently shared on Twitter claiming to show a news studio belonging to the Indigenous...

Blogger’s claim that Nigerian Police officers round up IPOB members is false Indigenous-People-of-Biafra-IPOB

Blogger’s claim that Nigerian Police officers round up IPOB members is false

Vivian Chime September 25, 2020

A Facebook blogger, IGBO NDI OMA TV, posted a video claiming that Nigerian police officers were going...

Desmond Elliot and the thesis on godfathers Desmond-Elliot

Desmond Elliot and the thesis on godfathers

Michelle Agoh September 23, 2020

A viral post on Twitter and online news websites, PM News Nigeria and All Naija Entertainment, claimed...

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’?

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

A ticklish website offers freebies for people to stay home, then invades users’ privacy

Twitter user claims Obasanjo inherited $3bn in foreign reserve but how true is this?

These Are Not Pictures Of IPOB News Studio In South Africa

Blogger’s claim that Nigerian Police officers round up IPOB members is false

Desmond Elliot and the thesis on godfathers

Economy

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

Does regular sex prevent heart disease?

Haske mai kama da makami mai linzami da aka gani a Sokoto da Kebbi na iya kasancewa tauraro mai wutsiya

Misleading! Liberia’s national legislature’s budget is not more than the country’s security apparatus bill