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Old video of retired police officer refusing to leave office resurfaces

Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A VIRAL video circulating on social media claims to show a Nigerian police officer who has refused to retire or vacate his office despite...
General

NAFDAC director general inflates Nigeria’s illiteracy rate

Nurudeen Akewushola -
THE director general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye, has claimed that about 56 per cent...
Politics

Old Eedris Abdulkareem audio paired with unrelated Seyi Tinubu footage

Nurudeen Akewushola -
A video showing Seyi Tinubu, son of Nigerian president Bola Tinubu, standing inside a hall at an event has resurfaced on social media with...
General

NAF 931 spent nearly four years in Germany for maintenance before Ondo crash — Fact-check

Nurudeen Akewushola -
The NAF 931 aircraft that crashed in Ondo State on 5 October had spent almost four years at a specialist aircraft maintenance facility in...
General

Obi’s Independence Day claims: Fact or fiction?

Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
FOLLOWING Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day anniversary on 1 October 2026, political figures and public officials issued statements assessing the nation's progress. Among them was...
Politics

Atiku’s Independence Day claims: What the facts show

Nurudeen Akewushola -
On 1 October 2026, former Nigerian vice president and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, delivered an Independence Day address...
Politics

Nigeria at 66: Fact-checking Tinubu’s Independence Day economics

Nurudeen Akewushola -
IN his Independence Day address on Thursday, 1 October 2026, Nigerian president Bola Tinubu highlighted what he described as improvements in the country’s economic...
General

Viral photo claiming Tinubu is ‘Nkoyo Nazebi’ lacks evidence

Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A POST circulating on social media claims that a photograph depicting a man arriving in Lagos from Paris does not show president Bola Tinubu,...
Elections

This Kano rally was for Tinubu, not against him

Nurudeen Akewushola -
A video showing a large crowd marching with what appears to be messages against president Bola Tinubu has been shared on social media as...
General

INEC chairman welcoming Tinubu? No, it’s Ibrahim Masari

Zainab ABDULRASAQ -
A POST circulating on social media claims that the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Joash Amupitan, was filmed welcoming president...

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