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REA says fact-check on BUK hybrid solar plant is ‘incorrect’—so we took a closer look
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO
THE Rural Electrification Agency, REA, has reacted to fact-check published by The ICIR on Monday, which debunked the claim that it has commissioned ...
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Did Buhari answer a question incoherently at UN Climate Action Summit?
SINCE Tuesday, a video shared on Twitter by special assistant to the president on digital and media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has triggered negative reactions, with...
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FACT CHECK: Is BUK off-grid hybrid solar power plant the largest in Africa?
By Damilola OJETUNDE.
THE Federal Government on Tuesday, September 3 commissioned what it claimed to be the largest off-grid hybrid solar power plant at the Bayero...
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FACT CHECK: The many social media lies of Lauretta Onochie, President Buhari’s aide
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
Pictures can mislead in several ways: when they contain false information, are doctored to misinform or are employed in a false context. As...
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FACT CHECK: Has Seyi Makinde reduced LAUTECH tuition fee? No
By Rebecca Akinremi.
THE claim about the reduction in tuition fee of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) has been made by two popular social...
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FACT CHECK: Are Shoprite supermarkets in Nigeria franchise outlets?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
FOLLOWING recent xenophobic attacks and violent reactions in Nigeria that have seen properties of companies believed to be owned by South Africans being damaged in protest, some...
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FACT CHECK: Photos of burnt animals in popular tweet aren’t from fires in Amazon
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
IN August 2019 many news outlets reported that the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, was burning at an alarming rate.
The National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in...
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Fact-checking social media influencers who shared fake news during Nigerian general elections
Ahead of the 2019 Nigeria’s general elections, many Nigerians knowingly or ignorantly shared misinformation on the social media. Some of these purveyors of fake...
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FACT CHECK: Did Buhari budget N79m to have his haircut in 2019?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari plans to spend up to N79 million in 2019 just to regularly get his haircut, goes a claim that has...
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Video showing Lagos youths chanting “Ole” on Buhari is NOT TRUE
By Crosscheck Nigeria
THE claim in a video showing that President Muhammadu Buhari was booed and greeted with chants of ‘ole’, meaning thief in Yoruba language,...
