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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

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,...

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...

What is phishing and how can you protect yourself from phishing attacks?

Qosim Suleiman September 28, 2020

Phishing is a cybercrime in which targets are contacted by email, telephone, or text message by someone...

Four simple Ways of Fact Checking Without Using the Internet digital

Four simple Ways of Fact Checking Without Using the Internet

Michelle Agoh September 28, 2020

In this digital age, fact checking has been made very easy with the features of the internet....

Impact of Fact-Checking Training on the Nigerian Journalists to mitigate the spread of mis/disinformation

Dubawa September 28, 2020

By Raji Rasaki A study by Cheruiyot et al. (2018) observes that literature on fact-checking in Africa...

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?

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

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

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

What is phishing and how can you protect yourself from phishing attacks?

Four simple Ways of Fact Checking Without Using the Internet

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