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General
FACT CHECK: President Buhari’s fancy lies on past oil prices
By Chikezie OMEJE.
MUHAMMADU Buhari, Nigeria’s President, loves to repeat a claim about oil prices averaging $100 from 1999 to 2014. This claim has been fact-checked...
General
FACT CHECK: IGP’s ‘transmission’ video wasn’t doctored
By Chikezie OMEJE.
A video emerged online Wednesday, showing a scene where Ibrahim Idris, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), was struggling to read his speech...
Government Policy
FACT CHECK: Ita Enang lied, Buhari already approved funds for arms purchase before seeking legislators’ consent
By Kingsley OBIEJESI.
President Buhari had already approved the withdrawal of the sum of $496 million (N151 billion) from the Excess Crude Account (ECA), before seeking...
Government Policy
FACT CHECK: Has Buhari reduced rice importation by 90%? NO!
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
President Muhammadu Buhari apparently considers the huge cut to rice importation from Thailand one of his administration’s greatest achievements. During his ongoing visit...
Insights
NBS pulls down misleading education statistics after fact check by ICIR
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has secretly pulled down inaccurate and misleading ‘Education Statistics’ uploaded on its website after the ICIR fact-checked the...
Politics
FACT CHECK: Did Metuh take N1.4bn from NSA, as claimed by Lai Mohammed?
By Kingsley OBIEJESI.
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, says Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is being tried...
General
FACT CHECK: Did Dapchi girls return from captivity with ‘Ghana Must Go’ bags?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
The mood in Nigeria has generally been celebratory since Wednesday, following the release of 105 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from the Government Girls Science and...
General
Did Nigeria record a reduction in preschool enrolment?
By Chikezie OMEJE.
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently reported that the number of children who enrolled in public early childhood education dropped from 4,672,908...
Elections
FACT CHECK: Did ‘Kano underage voting’ happen in Kenya as claimed by INEC?
By Kingsley OBIEJESI.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has exonerated the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission from allegations of gross underage voting in the last...
Health
Did Buhari promise to revitalise 10,000 PHCs, as denied by Adewole?
On Sunday, Isaac Adewole, Minister of Health, said the Federal Government never promised to revitalise 10,000 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the country.
While saying this on...
