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Economy
Is Buhari’s daughter a board member of NNPC?
“BUHARI’S daughter is a board member of NNPC,” a social media user @tesseract_ claimed on Monday, October 19, 2020.
“Her salary is N6.7 million, you...
General
#EndSARS: False claim of video showing Katsina women protesting against Buhari circulates online
A video that went viral on Saturday, October 17, 2020, claimed that women in Katsina State have joined the #EndSARS protest to demand for...
General
TRUE, 69 boys were affected, 21 die in 1959 fire at Arkansas Negro Boys Industrial School
A post which states that in 1959, 69 African-American boys, aged 13 to 17 were padlocked in their dormitory for the night at the...
General
Picture of man wearing shirt with APC logo, commissioning alleged N10million wooden bridge is MISLEADING
"Never forget, the budget for this “bridge” was 10 million Naira," says a Twitter post by Guess Who published on Saturday October 17, 2020.
The...
COVID-19
Claim that Nigerian government is giving out free N50,000 lockdown funds to each citizen is FALSE
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...
Economy
How true are viral claims on Nigeria’s unemployment rate, extreme poverty and debt profile?
A viral post on Twitter claimed that Nigeria has 28% unemployment rate, 49% poverty rate and $89.5billion debt profile.
The claims were made by a...
Tutorials
How to fact-check images online
Have you ever wondered how fact-checks are done? Do you think it is something you could do? The simple answer is Yes! You can.
Fact-Checking...
Elections
Ondo Election: Doctored video circulates online that Akeredolu’s wife was injured at polling unit as violence erupts
Different variations of a video which went viral on Saturday, October 10, 2020 claimed that violence has erupted at a polling unit in Ondo...
Elections
Claim that Agboola Ajayi, ZLP candidate for Ondo governorship poll withdrew from the race is FALSE
Viral WhatsApp texts and image which claim that Agboola Ajayi, the candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) for the Ondo state governorship election...
General
Claim that Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed WTO Director-General is FALSE
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...
