Daily Archives: Sep 20, 2026
Fact Guage:
Security
Has Banditry, Kidnapping reduced in Nigeria as claimed by Lai Mohammed?
LAI Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, on June 14 said the prevalence of insecurity in the country has ‘reduced considerably’ when compared...
COVID-19
Did Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr Mukwege resign because he was asked to manipulate numbers of COVID-19 patients?
ON June 16, a viral post on social media by Kiffasblog claimed that Denis Mukwege, a medical doctor and Nobel Peace laureate from the Democratic Republic...
COVID-19
Did Lagos teaching hospital admit 500 COVID-19 patients daily?
A VIRAL post on WhatsApp claimed that the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) admits not less than 500 COVID-19 patients on a daily basis.
The...
Government Policy
Report that Osinbajo advised FG to suspend NYSC for two years is FALSE
ON June 16, several news platforms and blogs reported that the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC), Chaired by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, recommended...
General
Did a Nigerian invent machine that transforms nylons, plastics into petrol?
A news story, published by Legit.ng on Wednesday, June 10 claimed that a Nigerian man has invented a machine that could transform nylons and...
General
Did Adeboye threaten to kill anyone who “mess” with his wife?
On June 11, 2020, a popular entertainment news blog known as weddingdigestnaija.com reported that Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General-Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God...
Security
Has Buhari government recovered all local councils taken over by Boko Haram in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa?
THE Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, in the speech delivered on Friday, June 12, 2020 to commemorate the national Democracy Day, claimed that “all the...
Government Policy
Is United Nations creating a new country out of Nigeria, Cameroon?
THE Guardian (Nigeria) newspaper on Friday, June 5, 2020, reported that “By July 10 this year, Nigeria may lose 24 local councils, by way of...
Security
Did EFCC arrest former NDDC man, George Turnah?
A REPORT which claims that the South-South zonal head of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ishaq Salihu, addressed a...
Insights
With 55 per cent slash in Education, 42 percent in Health, Executive undercuts development priorities
By, Paul ADEYEYE
A REVIEW of the Revised 2020 Budget exclusively obtained by DATAPHYTE indicates that the Federal Government has reduced the total budget size by only ₦84.71...
