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FACT CHECK: Pictures of Nigerians protesting Buhari’s medical tourism in London are FAKE
By Damilola OJETUNDE.
PICTURES showing Nigerians protesting President Muhammadu Buhari’s claimed medical tourism in London are not true, a Fact Check by The ICIR has shown.
The...
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Nigerian Correctional Service updates site with new name after ICIR reported oversight
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
LESS than a day after The ICIR reported its failure to update information on its website, the Nigerian Correctional Service has corrected places...
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Buhari quotes old budget figure in Independence Day speech
IN his speech delivered on Tuesday to mark Nigeria’s 59th Independence Anniversary celebration, President Muhammadu Buhari cited an outdated figure of the allocation federal...
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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...
