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FALSE claim circulates online in Nigeria discouraging public from using rival ATMs

A WhatsApp message forwarded  and shared numerous times in August 2020 claim that banks have advised their customers to avoid the use of Automated...

Did ICT contribute 14 percent to Nigeria’s 2020 first quarter GDP?

The Director-General  (DG) of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, said Information and Communication Technology (ICT) contribution to Gross Domestic Product...

Do Nigerians enjoy 18 to 24 hours of power supply daily?

NIGERIA’s minister of Power, Sale Mamman, had on June 9 claimed that Nigerians now enjoy 18 to 24 hours of power supply daily. He made the claim...

Akeredolu’s govt lies about reducing debt

By 'Kunle ADEBAJO. Ondo's debt profile has increased by 17 per cent since 2016. THE ONDO State Government led by Rotimi Akeredolu claimed it inherited a total...

Did China close its borders ‘to the whole world’ for 20 to 40 years?

IN DEFENDING Nigeria’s decision to close its land borders, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali, has repeatedly claimed that China similarly shut...

Has Nigeria really achieved food security?

ON Tuesday 13th August, President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed that Nigeria has achieved food security, thus directed the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to...

Democracy Day speech: Buhari’s GDP growth rate contradicts figures from CBN, IMF, others

DELIVERING the customary annual speech on the occasion of Nigeria’s Democracy Day celebration on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari said the country’s Gross Domestic Product...

World Economic Forum misleads Nigerians on country’s ranking

By Chikezie OMEJE. NIGERIA’S progress in the latest Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) is confusing.  The media, including The ICIR, reported on Thursday that Nigeria...

FACT CHECK: Has Buhari appointed a ‘Chief Economic Adviser’? Yes and no

By 'Kunle ADEBAJO. WITH the 2019 presidential election gradually drawing closer, claims are more frequently made in attempts to discredit one political party, candidate or the...

FACT CHECK: Did Okowa raise Delta State’s IGR from 30 to N51 billion?

By 'Kunle ADEBAJO. IFEANYI Okowa, Governor of Delta State, said the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of his state was as low as N30 billion in 2016...

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