MULTIPLE posts on social media claimed that the Sokoto State Government has enacted a law, approving the death penalty as punishment for the offence of blasphemy committed in the state. The claims circulated online following the civil unrest in Sokoto …
THE second part of this investigation continues to examine the claims of the Presidency Office of Digital Engagement (PODE) on critical infrastructure projects in South-East Nigeria. ON September 7, 2021, the PODE published what it called ‘a compendium of President Buhari’s …
ON September 7, 2021, the Presidency Office of Digital Engagement (PODE) published what it called ‘a compendium of President Buhari’s ongoing and completed infrastructure projects in South-East Nigeria.’ The list was released two days before President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to …
ON FEBRUARY 10, 2022, the Ghanaian presidency tweeted that Ghana’s national identity card would be recognised globally as a valid e-passport/ID card. The Office of the President in a follow-up tweet archived here said [Ghanaians] “can now use #GhanaCard as …
ON Saturday, August 21, 2021, the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate Ovie Omo-Agege repeated the APC cliché about ‘Buhari change’ which Nigerians’ reality and credible data have contradicted. At a lecture held in Lagos during the weekend, the deputy …
ON August 19, 2021, FactCheckHub received a post shared on WhatsApp alleging that the Ugandan President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, said a gay couple would remain in jail until one gets pregnant. The message which appears to be a screenshot of …
ON THURSDAY, July 29, 2021, social media was abuzz in Nigeria following a warrant of arrest issued against a Deputy Commissioner of Nigerian Police Abba Kyari after his indictment in the ongoing fraud trial of Nigerian Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, known …
AS some Nigerians protested against the state of governance in the country during the June 12 Democracy day, an old open letter written by a former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo resurfaced on social media. The letter which is shared …
Did the Nigeria Attorney General of Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami flout Twitter ban? a question posed to the FactCheckHub for verification. The Federal Government of Nigeria had ordered the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. This was followed by blocking access …
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on June 5, 2021 claimed that Nigeria is the only African country where Twitter is restricted. SERAP made the claim on its official Twitter page amidst the ban placed on Twitter in Nigeria …