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Did President Buhari sign a new Police bill to allow officers arrest without a warrant? Yes!

Benedicta Akpede · 9 views · Oct 6, 2020

Did President Buhari sign a new Police bill to allow officers arrest without a warrant? Yes!
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Analysis

Fact-checking attacks on Zulum and the misleading video in circulation

Samad Uthman · 10 views · Oct 5, 2020

Fact-checking attacks on Zulum and the misleading video in circulation
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Analysis

League Of COVID-19 skeptics: Trump’s positive result completes the quorum

Silas Jonathan · 12 views · Oct 5, 2020

League Of COVID-19 skeptics: Trump’s positive result completes the quorum
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Elections

Are APC Thugs destroying Roads in the North because of White Paper?

Sierra Leone · Alie Tarawally · 15 views · Oct 2, 2020

Are APC Thugs destroying Roads in the North because of White Paper?
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Analysis

Nigeria@60: How true is claim that Flora Shaw, British journalist, coined the name Nigeria?

Francis Arinze Iloani · 10 views · Oct 1, 2020

… ‘Nigeria’ suggested 123yrs ago for ‘Niger Area’ … ‘Niger Area’ named ‘Nigeria’ 106yrs ago

Nigeria@60: How true is claim that Flora Shaw, British journalist, coined the name Nigeria?
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Analysis

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

Nurudeen Lawal · 7 views · Oct 1, 2020

Though Nigeria was a colony of Britain, there have been recurrent historical claims that the Portuguese were the first Europeans to berth in the country, and that the “country” was first “discovered in the 1470’s by Portuguese adventurers”.

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

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

Lois Ugbede · 8 views · Oct 1, 2020

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

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

Silas Jonathan · 9 views · Oct 1, 2020

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

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

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

Lois Ugbede · 6 views · Sep 30, 2020

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

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

Samad Uthman · 8 views · Sep 30, 2020

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

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