CLAIM: A Facebook user in a recent post claimed that delegates sent by the Nigerian Senate to visit Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who is in prison custody...
CLAIM: A recent post on Twitter claims that 14 babies died at the University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital in a day. VERDICT: False FULL TEXT A...
CLAIM: Two recent claims being circulated on Social Media are purported separate endorsements of the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, by the Sultan of Sokoto,...
CLAIM: President Muhammadu Buhari in his Democracy Day Speech postulated that primary elections conducted by political parties across the country were peaceful. VERDICT: False FULL SPEECH...
CLAIM The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello while seeking votes from delegates of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the party’s presidential primary election in...
CLAIM: A video showing how a police officer attacked and brought down a gun-wielding man emerged on social media on Sunday. There were claims that the...
On Monday, popular comedienne, Helen Paul announced on her Instagram page that she had been appointed a Professor at a US-based University, and promoted to Head...
CLAIM: A picture is being circulated on social media, purportedly of a Catholic priest in Sokoto State, who went to church with an Ak 47 rifle...
CLAIM: Various blogs and social media users are circulating the claim that President Muahammadu Buhari has approved N456 billion for the Academic Staff Union of Universities...
CLAIM: Former governor of Lagos State, and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu claimed that he received zero allocation from the federal government when he was governor. VERDICT:...
CLAIM: A screenshot of a tweet purportedly made by Elon Musk is currently going viral. According to the screenshot, the multi-billionaire vowed to delete Twitter after...
CLAIM: A Facebook user by the name, Nathan Kuma in a post, claimed that Pope Francis, as part of his reform, had cancelled the Bible and...
CLAIM: Various posts on social media claim that the picture is that of a Japanese boy going to bury his brother. It was added that the...
CLAIM: Some Social media users are berating the public involvement of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the federation, Abubakar Malami, in the affairs...
CLAIM: A video circulating on social media purportedly shows a group of bandits on a Nigerian highway. VERDICT: Largely True FULL TEXT A twitter user @panter_wakanda,...
Since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces on February 24, 2022, the internet has been awash with distorted and misleading videos on the matter, with...
CLAIM: Multiple posts on blogs and social media platforms claim that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Damondardas Modi has pledged support for agitations for a Biafra Republic,...
CLAIM: A video that has now gone viral on the internet is accompanied with the claim that an eight-year-old Ukrainian girl confronted a Russian soldier, asking...
CLAIM: The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, claimed in an interview with Channels Television that Nigeria has only witnessed one major...
CLAIM Multiple social media users posted the claim that the federal government would begin free deoxyribonucleic acid tests (DNA tests) in Nigerian general hospitals. CONCLUSION False....
CLAIM Multiple posts on the internet claim that the NCDMB is recruiting for two positions – Mechanical and Construction Engineers. CONCLUSION The claim is false FULL...
CLAIM In December 2021, the Abia State Commissioner for Information, Barr. Eze Chikamnayo, shared a Facebook post from one media/political analyst, Kingsley Maduforo, which claimed that...
CLAIM A news report by People’s Gazette, an online newspaper attributed a claim to Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari. The report was headlined:...
CLAIM A viral post on facebook claims that five former governors of Oyo state, who are late, all died at 71 years old. The post reads:...
CLAIM Maupe Ogun-Yusuf of Channels Television claimed during an interview with President Muhammadu Buhari that the latter won the presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress...
Claim Viral Facebook post says in Jigawa state, you only pay ₦10,000 as school fees and receive ₦60,000 worth of scholarship every session? Conclusion After reaching...
Claim Viral post claims Austin ‘Jayjay’ Okocha’s success was due to Victor Agbo Conclusion False. The message has been circulating for a while and the theme...
Claim A doctor can choose not to treat a rude patient Conclusion A doctor can choose not to treat a patient if the patient is unruly...
Claim Viral post berates wealthy Nigerians buying private jets over creating jobs Conclusion Although the post is an opinion which does not require a fact check,...
Claim Study finds 5G technology a ‘significant factor’ in higher COVID case and death rates Conclusion False. The two studies mentioned in the article do not...
Claim Buhari deserves credit for tackling Insecurity —Garba Shehu Conclusion While the terrorism and security index have shown considerable amount of positive changes in the last...
CLAIM President Muhammadu Buhari replaces ₦1.8 trillion Fuel Subsidy cost with ₦2.4 trillion for transport bonus. CONCLUSION FALSE. Though there are no open source documents that...
Claim “Climate change is largely responsible for the drying up of Lake Chad which has shrunk by more than 85% of its original size,” President Muhammadu...
Claim: Canada Visa Lottery Application is out Verdict: False. Canada does not operate a visa lottery. The link to a viral message on WhatsApp redirects users...
Claim Nigerian King Built School with No School Fees, Free Hostel, Free Food, and Even Teaches There Verdict True. The King of Òkè-ìlá with title Òràngún...
Claim Nigeria’s tax to GDP is amongst the lowest in the world. Tax channels are mostly multiple illegal extortions. Conclusion YES. Nigeria’s multiple tax channels do...
Claim “The water projects we completed between 2015 to 2020 have improved Nigeria’s access to potable water to 71% between 2015 and 2020. This means 12.5...
Claim: A shared WhatsApp message claimed that the National Youth Empowerment Fund, a federal government agency is giving out ₦150,000 – ₦200,000 grants to Nigerians. Conclusion:...
Claim: A Nigerian Senator earns $2,183,685 annually and it takes 1638 years for an average worker to earn such an amount. Conclusion: False. The salary plus...
Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims Tetfund is giving ₦30,000 grants to Nigeria students Conclusion: False, the website is fraudulent. Though it portrays the real logo...
Claim: “Today, our state is arguably the safest in the entire country, we are rated the second most peaceful and our crime rate is second lowest,”...
Claim: Nigerians now have partial access to Twitter Conclusion: No! The Twitter ban has not been lifted. Access to Twitter via computer system was not granted...
Claim: Viral WhatsApp message claimed some passengers of Igbo extraction traveling in a luxurious bus were attacked and killed in Jos, the Plateau State capital. Conclusion:...
Claim: President Muhammad Buhari on August 26 declared that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) posted N287 billion profit after tax. The President turned to Facebook...
Claim: Nigeria’s unemployment rate in 2020 was 32.5% and poverty rate in 2021 is 40% Verdict: According to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, the fourth quarter...
Claim: “32 percent of Nigerians own Bitcoin, the highest percentage in the world” Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder, 15 August 2021. Conclusion: False. The statistics quoted by...
Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claimed HollyFrontier bought a 678,000 bpd refinery bigger than Dangote refinery for US$ 2.6 billion, while NNPC is buying 20 percent...
Claim: Viral video claims Nigerian Senate is calling for division of the country. Conclusion: False. The scene in the video in reference took place within the...
Claim: Viral WhatsApp message claims ewedu (Jute) vegetable revived dying cancer patient. Conclusion: False. Components of the Jute (Ewedu) vegetable help prevent cancer, but not cure...
Claim: Statistics shows there are more men than women on earth. A viral WhatsApp post, crediting the United Nations Demography Report claims that there are more...
