A VIDEO clip shared on July 8 by Sahara Reporters has gone viral on social media. The footage headlined: “Video: Snow-like Chemical Surge Causes Panic in Lagos” shows snow-like foams that purportedly prevented Lagosians from accessing their homes. As of the …

By ‘Kunle ADEBAJO. POPULAR Twitter account Africa Facts Zone repeated a widespread claim in August 2019 that Nigeria’s Borno State has the “biggest” solar panel factory in Africa. In April 2019, the state’s former governor, Kashim Shettima, unveiled an automated solar panel manufacturing plant in …

By ‘Kunle ADEBAJO. IBRAHIM Ali, a one-time Nigerian minister of state for petroleum resources and former managing director of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), said that “20 per cent of power generated globally is from solar”. “Germany’s 20 per cent electricity is solar generated even when …