Daily Archives: Sep 21, 2026
Fact Guage:
COVID-19
FACT CHECK: Does 5G pose a health risk to the human body?
By Olayinka SHEHU.
THE media space in Nigeria has been inundated with claims that the 5G technology which is a fifth-generation mobile network is dangerous to...
COVID-19
Okonjo Iweala posts 2019 photo to justify sharing of COVID 19 relief materials in Rwanda
By Damilola OJETUNDE.
A PHOTOGRAPH shared on Wednesday afternoon by former Nigerian Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo – Iweala to portray how the Rwandan government under...
General
FACT CHECK: Has Nigeria failed to acquire arms since 1982, as claimed by Dan-Ali?
By Kingsley OBIEJESI.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for the purchase of arms for the Nigerian Armed Forces...
COVID-19
Fact-check: Is Covid-19 Airborne?
By UTHMAN Samad.
Since the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus across the world, there have been lot of misconceptions and misinformation about the Virus. Famous among...
Security
Fact Check: Are Nigerian passport holders no longer eligible to 3 months UAE Tourist Visa?
ON Wednesday, an influential Nigerian Twitter user based in the United Kingdom, Kayode Ogundamisi (@ogundamisi) tweeted that Nigerian passport holders are no longer eligible for...
COVID-19
Fact-check: Is Governor El-Rufai out of COVID-19 self-isolation as claimed in a video? No
By Damilola OJETUNDE.
A video purportedly claiming that the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has gone out of the Coronavirus isolation and is enforcing...
COVID-19
FACT-CHECK: Nnamdi Kanu claimed Nigeria has only 3 testing centres for COVID-19 but he was wrong
ON Saturday, 28 March, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) claimed that Nigeria current battles the COVID-19 pandemic with...
COVID-19
FACT-CHECK: Consumption of raw onions, garlics doesn’t cure COVID-19
CLAIM: Raw onions, garlics cure coronavirus
THE video showing a woman who claimed that ingesting raw onions and garlics is capable of curing the deadly...
COVID-19
FACT-CHECK: Will survivors of COVID-19 permanently suffer almost 50 per cent lungs damage? Placed on lifetime medication?
AS of Monday 23rd March, over 2,182 deaths have been recorded in Spain due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Globally, World Health Organisation (WHO) put the...
COVID-19
FACT-CHECK: Claims that FG will conduct aerial disinfection due to COVID-19 is False
SINCE the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the deadly COVID-19 disease pandemic, and prior to the declaration, several unproven claims have been made across...
