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FACT CHECK: Did a news report describe Sowore as gravely ill?

General FactCheckHub - December 9, 2019 0

By 'Kunle ADEBAJO. THE CIRCUMSTANCES of former presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore’s rearrest on Friday have led many to speculate that the Department of State Services (DSS) intends to...

FACT CHECK: Are 2 million Nigerians raped every year? Here’s what we know

General FactCheckHub - December 3, 2019 0

By 'Kunle ADEBAJO. NIGERIA’s Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen, according to a report, said last week that two (2) million Nigerians...

Did China close its borders ‘to the whole world’ for 20 to 40 years?

Economy FactCheckHub - November 22, 2019 0

IN DEFENDING Nigeria’s decision to close its land borders, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali, has repeatedly claimed that China similarly shut...

FACT CHECK: Fake photos shared during Kogi/Bayelsa elections

Elections FactCheckHub - November 16, 2019 0

By Seun DUROJAIYE. DESPITE public outcry against the rise of information disorder in Nigeria, partisan groups and social media trolls still circulated images that turned...

FACT CHECK: Photos from 2015 polls, xenophobic attacks shared in connection to Kogi, Bayelsa elections

Elections FactCheckHub - November 16, 2019 0

By 'Kunle ADEBAJO. PICTURES from the general elections conducted four years ago and 2015 xenophobic attacks in South Africa have been recently shared in support of...

Pictures of bad roads in PDP’s press release are of Liberia, NOT Nigeria

Politics FactCheckHub - November 11, 2019 0

By Damilola OJETUNDE THE pictures shared by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) alongside its press release on the state of bad roads in Nigeria are not...

FACT CHECK: Pictures of Nigerians protesting Buhari’s medical tourism in London are FAKE

General FactCheckHub - November 8, 2019 0

By Damilola OJETUNDE. PICTURES showing Nigerians protesting President Muhammadu Buhari’s claimed medical tourism in London are not true, a Fact Check by The ICIR has shown. The...

No, study does not show staring at women’s breasts prolongs lifespan …NAN shares two-decade-old hoax

Health FactCheckHub - October 22, 2019 0

By 'Kunle ADEBAJO A 20-year-old hoax suggesting that staring at female breasts has the effect of promoting longevity in men has been circulated by the News...

Nigerian Correctional Service updates site with new name after ICIR reported oversight

General FactCheckHub - October 15, 2019 0

By 'Kunle ADEBAJO. LESS than a day after The ICIR reported its failure to update information on its website, the Nigerian Correctional Service has corrected places...

Buhari quotes old budget figure in Independence Day speech

General FactCheckHub - October 12, 2019 0

IN his speech delivered on Tuesday to mark Nigeria’s 59th Independence Anniversary celebration, President Muhammadu Buhari cited an outdated figure of the allocation federal...