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Buhari, Osinbajo misguided on Disability Rights Bill at town hall meeting
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
CHECKS conducted by The ICIR have indicated that President Muhammadu Buhari and his running mate, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, were mistaken about the Discrimination...
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Pictures of bad roads in PDP’s press release are of Liberia, NOT Nigeria
By Damilola OJETUNDE
THE pictures shared by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) alongside its press release on the state of bad roads in Nigeria are not...
General
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...
General
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...
Politics
FACT CHECK: Did Atiku hire US lobbyists to get him recognised as president or was the story fabricated?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
ON Tuesday, the Centre for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit research group based in Washington DC, reported that presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),...
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Man caught with PVCs is ex-officio member of PDP in Mpkat Enin LGA of Akwa Ibom state
By Crosscheck Nigeria.
A picture of men allegedly caught with PVCs in Akwa Ibom state is making the rounds on social media, with supporters of both...
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Keyamo DID NOT comment on Buhari’s memory loss
By Crosscheck Nigeria.
A Facebook page alleged that Festus Keyamo, director of Strategic Communications for the Buhari 2019 Presidential Campaign Organisation, said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
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Germany’s Angela Merkel DID NOT endorse Nigeria’s democracy or President Buhari
By Crosscheck Nigeria.
POSTS on Twitter and Facebook claim that German Chancellor Angela Merkel said “democracy under Buhari is one of the best in the world.”...
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The USA Centre for Security Studies DID NOT declare Nigeria an SOS state
By Crosscheck Nigeria.
On January 29, Facebook user Olutoyoso Omotoso posted a video and captioned it as originating from the USA Centre for Security Studies. This...
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Lai Mohammed denies comments on Osinbajo’s copter crash
By Crosscheck Nigeria.
A quote attributed to the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed that says “We Saw A PDP Membership Card And Atiku Abubakar’s Bank Cheque...
