DURING election seasons, Nigerian politicians often make several claims about critical issues, especially on economy and governance, in a bid to convince the citizens that they are fit for political offices. But when subjected to verification by fact-checkers, some of …
A PHOTO showing a building around the polling unit of the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola has surfaced online with a claim that it shows a dilapidated school building in his hometown in Iragbiji, Osun State. The photo …
A viral WhatsApp message which promises Nigerian citizens free N50,000 lockdown funds allegedly by the Federal Government has been shared widely. The message was forward to the FactCheckHub by a concerned Nigerian for verification. It reads: “FG has finally approved …
Multiple viral posts claiming that Nigeria’s nominee for the position of the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been appointed by the organisation surfaced online Thursday evening of October 8, 2020. The posts, which came in …
Edo, a state in Southern Nigeria is set to hold its gubernatorial election on September 19, 2020. As the election holds on Saturday, misleading images flood the internet. One of such images has the logo of the National Bureau of …
A viral blog post claims that walking barefoot may increase the size of a man’s genital. The report, published on June 3, 2020 on Globalnea.com, has been shared severally on social media including Facebook, Twitter and many WhatsApp groups. It …
A tweet by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) via its official Twitter handle: @nidcom_gov had on August 26 referred to the Nigerian-born Kaycee Madu as Canada’s Minister of Justice. The tweet, which was posted at 8:51PM Nigerian time on …
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, had on Sunday, July 26, 2020 claimed that the country is safer than it was five years ago. He disclosed this at a sit-out with Wounded Soldiers in Action …
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