A former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, on March 28, 2021 made several claims that the country is the world headquarters for extreme poverty, the world capital for out-of-school children, and the nation with the highest unemployment rate on …
,KARIMA Babangida, the Director of Federal Ministry of Agriculture claimed that Nigeria is the highest producer of cassava. Babangida who was represented by Umar Mohamed, the Regional Director of North East, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, made this …
KINGSLEY Fanwo, the Kogi State Commissioner for Information on February 2, 2021, claimed the state attracted the highest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Nigeria during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020. The assertion was made on Channels television breakfast show, …
SOBOMABO Jackrich, the Convener, Network for Defence of Democracy and Good Governance (NDDGG) claimed that Rivers State has the highest number of unemployed people. Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers State, in January of 2021, donated 500 million Naira to Sokoto …
A VIRAL post on Twitter claimed that Anambra State owes a combined debt of over N200 billion. The claim was made by a Twitter user with the handle @NnamdiChife on January 10, 2021. The handle currently has over 15,100 followers. …
A post made by a social media influencer, Reno Omokri, and shared over 4,000 times on Twitter claims that Nigeria’s foreign debt has risen to $34 billion under President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Omokri, who was an aide to former Nigerian …
A VIRAL post on Twitter claimed that Oyo State Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has increased by over 26 per cent. The post added that Kaduna State is planning to tax everyone above 18 years in the state. The claims were …
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. …
“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 …
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