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Report on Thompson Oliha’s death MISLEADING
ON Sunday, July 5, 2020, City People Magazine reported the death of Thompson Oliha, with the headline, “Former Super Eagles Star, Thompson Oliha is...
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Was N-Power website hacked and applicants’ BVN exposed?
ON Friday, June 26, Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant on New Media to Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari announced on his verified Twitter handle @BashirAhmaad...
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Viral pictures depicting Anambra communal clash were shot in 2017
ON June 27, a Twitter user identified as @OMOIYAWAEC posted three pictures on the social media to depict incident of communal attacks in Anambra...
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Did a Nigerian invent machine that transforms nylons, plastics into petrol?
A news story, published by Legit.ng on Wednesday, June 10 claimed that a Nigerian man has invented a machine that could transform nylons and...
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Did Adeboye threaten to kill anyone who “mess” with his wife?
On June 11, 2020, a popular entertainment news blog known as weddingdigestnaija.com reported that Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General-Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God...
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FACT CHECK: Has Nigeria failed to acquire arms since 1982, as claimed by Dan-Ali?
By Kingsley OBIEJESI.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for the purchase of arms for the Nigerian Armed Forces...
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CHECK: Did Lai Mohammed describe Nigeria as the world’s ‘safest’ country to live in?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
THOUGH news reports published on Monday quoted the Information Minister Lai Mohammed, saying Nigeria is the “safest and freest country” to live in...
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FACT CHECK: Femi Adesina exaggerated, there weren’t 10 bombings a day before Buhari
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
FEMI Adesina, spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari said there were as many as 10 bombings in a single day before Buhari’s administration started...
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FACT CHECK: Did a news report describe Sowore as gravely ill?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES of former presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore’s rearrest on Friday have led many to speculate that the Department of State Services (DSS) intends to...
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FACT CHECK: Are 2 million Nigerians raped every year? Here’s what we know
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
NIGERIA’s Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen, according to a report, said last week that two (2) million Nigerians...
