Economy
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Economy
Nigerian Railway Corporation is not recruiting 50,000 people as circulated online
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...
Economy
Viral online reports on Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence as WTO’s boss are FALSE
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...
Economy
Is Buhari’s daughter a board member of NNPC?
“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...
Economy
How true are viral claims on Nigeria’s unemployment rate, extreme poverty and debt profile?
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...
Economy
Report that Nigeria plans to power 5 million homes with N2.3 trillion is MISLEADING
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...
Economy
FALSE claim circulates online that NUPENG will shut down all fuel stations in Nigeria
Multiple Twitter and WhatsApp posts shared numerous times between September 5 and 6, 2020, claim that the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas...
Economy
FALSE claim circulates online that N-Power has shortlisted names for its 2020 programme
A post has been shared repeatedly on social media claiming that the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (FMHDS) in...
Economy
Are 90 million Nigerians living in extreme poverty?
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, said that 90 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty.
The claim was...
Economy
Did Sale Mamman raise $1.6billion for TREP within one year as Nigeria’s Minister of Power?
Nigeria's Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman, had on August 25, 2020, made a tweet thread to mark his one year anniversary in office....
Economy
Did Lai Mohammed say the Igbos are responsible for Nigeria’s underdevelopment?
A CLAIM has been shared repeatedly on social media and blogs that the Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has accused the...
