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Claim that Sokoto govt approves death penalty law for blasphemy is FALSE
MULTIPLE posts circulating on social media claimed that the Sokoto State Government has enacted a law, approving the death penalty as punishment for the...
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Nigerian presidency repeats lies, half-truths on infrastructure projects in South-East ( Part 2)
THE second part of this investigation continues to examine the claims of the Presidency Office of Digital Engagement (PODE) on critical infrastructure projects in...
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Nigerian presidency repeats lies, half-truths on infrastructure projects in South-East (Part 1)
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...
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Is Ghana national ID card admissible as e-passport in 44,000 airports globally?
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...
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Omo-Agege repeats false claim about Buhari’s records
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...
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Did Ugandan President say jailed gay couple will remain confined until one gets pregnant?
ON August 19, 2021, FactCheckHub received a post shared on WhatsApp alleging that the Ugandan President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, said a gay couple would...
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What sentence does conspiracy to commit fraud attracts in U.S.?
ON THURSDAY, July 29, 2021, social media was abuzz in Nigeria following a warrant of arrest issued against a Deputy Commissioner of Nigerian Police...
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Obasanjo’s old letter on insecurity resurfaces amidst June 12 protest
AS some Nigerians protested against the state of governance in the country during the June 12 Democracy day, an old open letter written by...
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Malami joins Nigerians to defy ban, access Twitter using VPN
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...
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Is Nigeria the only country in Africa where Twitter is restricted?
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...
