Daily Archives: Mar 28, 2025
Fact Guage:
General
FACT CHECK: Did North Korean president ask to recolonise Nigeria, Ghana?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
THE North Korean President Kim Jong Un boasted that he could transform Nigeria and Ghana into first world countries if he were allowed...
General
Has President Muhammadu Buhari died and been replaced by an impostor?
A NUMBER of high-profile public figures in Nigeria, including a former government minister, have claimed President Muhammadu Buhari is dead and is being imitated...
Politics
FACT CHECK: Buhari lists uncompleted project as achievement in campaign manual
President Muhammadu Buhari has again listed as one of his achievements the N2.5 billion Northern Ishan Regional Water Supply project in Edo State, a...
Politics
Buhari, Osinbajo in scorecard contradiction
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
IN an attempt to draw attention to the achievements of the federal government in diversifying the nation’s economy, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has...
Insights
Ezekwesili faults ICIR’s fact check on her out-of-school children’s claim
By Chikezie OMEJE.
OBY Ezekwesili, the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has faulted The ICIR’s fact check on her claim that from the...
General
FACT CHECK: Oby Ezekwesili’s claim on out-of-school children is inaccurate
By Chikezie OMEJE.
OBY Ezekwesili, the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) says that from the year 2000 till date, Nigeria has...
Insights
ICIR’s Chikezie Omeje wins Africa Check’s fact check award
CHIKEZIE Omeje, a Senior Investigative Reporter with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), has emerged winner of the 2018 fact check award which...
Politics
FACT CHECK: Did Fayose leave N170b or N120b debt profile in Ekiti?
By YEKEEN Akinwale.
ACCUSATIONS of debts profile in Ekiti State have become a vicious cycle between the incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi and his predecessor, Ayodele Fayose.
They...
Economy
World Economic Forum misleads Nigerians on country’s ranking
By Chikezie OMEJE.
NIGERIA’S progress in the latest Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) is confusing.Â
The media, including The ICIR, reported on Thursday that Nigeria...
Economy
FACT CHECK: Has Buhari appointed a ‘Chief Economic Adviser’? Yes and no
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
WITH the 2019 presidential election gradually drawing closer, claims are more frequently made in attempts to discredit one political party, candidate or the...
