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Is Nwokolo, Lagos DSP with impressive qualification, whom he claims to be?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
A picture recently surfaced on the social media showing a business card belonging to Michael Nwokolo. Nwokolo, according to the card, has not...
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FACT CHECK: President Buhari’s fancy lies on past oil prices
By Chikezie OMEJE.
MUHAMMADU Buhari, Nigeria’s President, loves to repeat a claim about oil prices averaging $100 from 1999 to 2014. This claim has been fact-checked...
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FACT CHECK: IGP’s ‘transmission’ video wasn’t doctored
By Chikezie OMEJE.
A video emerged online Wednesday, showing a scene where Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), was struggling to read his speech...
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FACT CHECK: Did Dapchi girls return from captivity with ‘Ghana Must Go’ bags?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
The mood in Nigeria has generally been celebratory since Wednesday, following the release of 105 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from the Government Girls Science and...
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Did Nigeria record a reduction in preschool enrolment?
By Chikezie OMEJE.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently reported that the number of children who enrolled in public early childhood education dropped from 4,672,908...
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FACT CHECK: Does Adeosun have the powers to suspend the SEC DG?
Mounir Gwarzo, the suspended Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), on Tuesday insisted that Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance, has no...
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FACT CHECK: Did Jonathan, as president, ‘take education seriously’, as he claimed in Malaysia? Well…
By Kingsley OBIEJESI.
On Friday, Goodluck Jonathan, former President, told a gathering in Malaysia that the education sector in Nigeria recorded significant improvement during his time...
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FACT CHECK: Does a Nigerian legislator earn more than the US president, as claimed by Sagay?
By Kingsley OBIEJESI.
At a public lecture in Lagos, earlier in the week, Itse Sagay, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption (PACAC), accused legislators of...
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FACT CHECK: Are education parastatals over-populated by Muslims as alleged by CAN President?
By Kingsley OBIEJESI.
Last week, the Christian Association for Nigeria (CAN) alleged that out of all the parastatals in the ministry of education, only four are...
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FACT CHECK: Has Buhari removed CRS from secondary school curriculum?
By Kingsley OBIEJESI.
Discussions about the “removal” of Christian Religious Studies (CRS) from Nigeria’s secondary school curriculum have been ongoing since June 14 when a delegation...
