Daily Archives: Jul 27, 2026
Fact Guage:
Politics
FACT CHECK: Did Atiku hire US lobbyists to get him recognised as president or was the story fabricated?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
ON Tuesday, the Centre for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit research group based in Washington DC, reported that presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP),...
General
FACT CHECK: Did Buhari budget N79m to have his haircut in 2019?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari plans to spend up to N79 million in 2019 just to regularly get his haircut, goes a claim that has...
Government Policy
Report of Nigeria topping Africa contradicts FG’s claims on local rice production
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
IN JULY 2014, Akinwumi Adesina, then minister of agriculture and rural development, predicted that Nigeria would become Africa’s largest rice exporter ‘in five...
Elections
Video showing Saraki being booed after election is FALSE
A VIDEO claiming that Bukola Saraki was booed by some people after the February 23 presidential election is not true.
The video, which was shared...
Politics
Man caught with PVCs is ex-officio member of PDP in Mpkat Enin LGA of Akwa Ibom state
By Crosscheck Nigeria.
A picture of men allegedly caught with PVCs in Akwa Ibom state is making the rounds on social media, with supporters of both...
Elections
Buhari did not vote for Atiku
By Crosscheck Nigeria.
A Facebook page, Nigeria’s Peoples Parliament posted a digitally altered photo of President Muhammadu Buhari raising his ballot paper which showed he had...
General
Video showing Lagos youths chanting “Ole” on Buhari is NOT TRUE
By Crosscheck Nigeria
THE claim in a video showing that President Muhammadu Buhari was booed and greeted with chants of ‘ole’, meaning thief in Yoruba language,...
General
Scandalising Buhari: Meme showing Julian Assange posing with UK newspaper is doctored
By Crosscheck Nigeria
AN image of Julian Assange holding UK newspaper The Guardian has been doctored to look like the headline says that President Muhammadu Buhari...
Elections
Video of ICC prosecutor asking Nigerians to refrain from violence is old
By Crosscheck Nigeria.
A Facebook video showing Fatou Bensouda, a prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling on Nigerians to refrain from violence ahead of...
Politics
Keyamo DID NOT comment on Buhari’s memory loss
By Crosscheck Nigeria.
A Facebook page alleged that Festus Keyamo, director of Strategic Communications for the Buhari 2019 Presidential Campaign Organisation, said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
