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Obi’s Independence Day claims: Fact or fiction?

General 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...

Claim that there is no solar infrastructure in some Nigerian teaching hospitals is FALSE

Health Fatimah Quadri -
A claim has been circulating on social media, particularly on X, alleging that some major teaching hospitals in Nigeria lack solar infrastructure. The hospitals mentioned...

World Bank debunks minister’s claim that its staff take 40% of loans to Nigeria

News Mustapha Usman -
THE World Bank has denied a recent allegation by the Nigerian minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, that the Bank’s staff in Nigeria pocket...

Does Nigeria have third highest birth rate in the world?

Health Nurudeen Akewushola -
AN X user, @Temitayomab has claimed that Nigeria is currently the country with the third highest birth rate in the world. “Nigeria has the third...

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...

Beware! Scam website circulates in wake of FG’s plan to distribute fuel subsidy removal palliative

General Fatimah Quadri -
A claim that the Nigerian government has started distributing fuel subsidy removal palliative to fifty million Nigerians has been circulating on WhatsApp. The claim was...

Are 90 million Nigerians living in extreme poverty?

Economy Olugbenga ADANIKIN -
 A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, said that 90 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty. The claim was...

Did Sale Mamman raise $1.6billion for TREP within one year as Nigeria’s Minister of Power?

Economy Olugbenga ADANIKIN -
Nigeria's Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman, had on August 25, 2020, made a tweet thread to mark his one year anniversary in office....

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