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Nigerian president’s official X handles recirculate old broadcast

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
FOLLOWING the criticism that trailed the nationwide broadcast delivered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on August 4, the official X accounts of the president...

‘Hunger’ protests: Fact-checking Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast to Nigerians

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
FOLLOWING the nationwide protests rocking Nigeria over economic hardship, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu addressed citizens in the early hours of Sunday, August 4, 2024. Since...

Video does not show #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
AHEAD of the planned nationwide protest scheduled for August 1, a video showing some youths holding placards and burning tyres has surfaced online with...

False claim about Nigeria’s inflation rate surfaces online

Economy Fatimah Quadri -
A verified X account, @Straightshuters, has posted a claim online that Nigeria's food inflation rate has dropped to 2 per cent from 34 per...

Did Tinubu say he suffers heart attack anytime Chelsea loses?

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
A video purportedly showing the Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying that he's a supporter of Chelsea Football Club and he suffers a heart...

Tinubu makes false claim about Nigeria’s total population

Politics Nurudeen Akewushola -
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has claimed that Nigeria's population is over 240 million. Tinubu made the claim while speaking during the Nigeria-Qatar Business and Investment...

Shehu Sani makes false claim about museums in Abuja

Economy Nurudeen Akewushola -
A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has claimed that Nigeria is the only country without a museum in its capital city. Senator Sani made the...

TB Joshua: Video of Tinubu criticizing BBC documentary is doctored!

General Fatimah Quadri -
A video of Nigeria's president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, condemning BBC's recent investigation on the late Prophet T.B. Joshua has been circulating on the internet. The...

Top 10 political claims we fact-checked in 2023

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola -
NIGERIA's general election is arguably one of the biggest events of 2023. The election was characterized by various forms of inaccurate and misleading claims...

2024: Experts berate Nigerian govt for budgeting N24.5 million to tackle fake news

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola -
Experts in the information ecosystem have criticized the Nigerian Government's N24.5 million budget proposal to tackle fake news in 2024, despite its acknowledged threat...
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