Multiple posts on social media platforms claim that Nigerians will pay fifteen thousand Dollars- bond to the U.S. government as a “new rule” to get a visa. The claim, as seen on a Facebook post published on November 24, 2020, …
A photo shared thousands of times on Twitter and in multiple WhatsApp groups, claiming to be an attempt to launch a rocket in Nigeria is misleading. “Made in US” and “Made in Nigeria” says a November 14, 2020 tweet that shared …
A video which has been shared multiple times online claims that drinking hot water six times daily can help cure Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). The narration in the one minute thirty-one seconds video states that, drinking hot water and tea can …
A viral claim which says that ‘Railway’ is recruiting 50,000 people for temporary job placements has surfaced online. The post, as seen in a WhatsApp group, reads in part: “Railway has announced vacancies for 50,000 young people across the country …
SEVERAL Nigerian publications on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, reported that Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Okonjo-Iweala was a former Minister of Finance as well as Coordinating Minister of the Economy in Nigeria. …
SEVERAL fake and misleading information have found its way to the cyberspace during and following the aftermath of the EndSARS protest that rocked Nigeria. One of such claims is a post shared with the FactCheckHub on October 24, 2020. It …
“BUHARI’S daughter is a board member of NNPC,” a social media user @tesseract_ claimed on Monday, October 19, 2020. “Her salary is N6.7 million, you get N30, 000 monthly for N-Power and you are telling me Buhari shouldn’t resign” reads …
“Never forget, the budget for this “bridge” was 10 million Naira,” says a Twitter post by Guess Who published on Saturday October 17, 2020. The post has a picture of man cutting a ribbon to commission a small rickety wooden …
THE PRESIDENT of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari during his October 1, speech to mark the country’s 60th Independence celebration said it was irrational for oil to be cheaper in Nigeria than in Saudi Arabia. Nigeria got her independence on October 1, …
ON September 14, Kelvin Odanz @MrOdanz shared a tweet claiming that the West African Examination Council (WAEC) senior school certificate examination held in Chibok, one of the epicentres of Boko Haram insurgency in Borno State, Nigeria. He applauded the fete …
