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 …
A viral post on Twitter claimed that Nigeria has 28% unemployment rate, 49% poverty rate and $89.5billion debt profile. The claims were made by a Twitter influencer Adetutu Balogun with the handle @Tutsy22 on October 5. Balogun is currently having …
THE Vanguard newspaper, one of Nigeria’s national dailies had on September 3, reported that the Nigerian Government has concluded arrangements to expend N2.3 trillion on electrification of rural communities, targeting five million homes, under the Economic Sustainability Plan, ESP. The …
Multiple Twitter and WhatsApp posts shared numerous times between September 5 and 6, 2020, claim that the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) will be shutting down fuel stations starting from Monday, September 7 across the country. …
A post has been shared repeatedly on social media claiming that the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (FMHDS) in Nigeria has shortlisted candidates for its 2020 N-Power programme. The post retrieved from a WhatsApp group …
