Daily Archives: Sep 20, 2026
Fact Guage:
General
FACT CHECK: The many social media lies of Lauretta Onochie, President Buhari’s aide
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
Pictures can mislead in several ways: when they contain false information, are doctored to misinform or are employed in a false context. As...
General
FACT CHECK: Has Seyi Makinde reduced LAUTECH tuition fee? No
By Rebecca Akinremi.
THE claim about the reduction in tuition fee of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) has been made by two popular social...
Science
FACT CHECK: Solar panel factory in Borno State not Africa’s ‘biggest’ for production capacity
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
POPULAR Twitter account Africa Facts Zone repeated a widespread claim in August 2019 that Nigeria’s Borno State has the “biggest” solar panel factory in Africa.
In...
Government Policy
FACT CHECK: Trending video of South African Police Deputy Minister is from 2017
By Olugbenga ADANIKIN.
ON September 2, Signal, an online newspaper designed to produce exclusive reports on politics, policy, governance among others posted a claim that projected Bongani Mkongi, former...
General
FACT CHECK: Are Shoprite supermarkets in Nigeria franchise outlets?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
FOLLOWING recent xenophobic attacks and violent reactions in Nigeria that have seen properties of companies believed to be owned by South Africans being damaged in protest, some...
Government Policy
Two recently shared pictures, video are not from fresh xenophobic attacks
By Rebecca Akinremi.
XENOPHOBIC attacks in South Africa have become more prominent, particularly in the past one week, with many foreign nationals killed, threatened, and their...
Government Policy
G7 2019 summit: Why Nigeria was not invited
By Damilola OJETUNDE.
THE G7 2019 summit held in France between August 24 and 26 had come and gone.
The G7 annual meeting is attended only by...
General
FACT CHECK: Photos of burnt animals in popular tweet aren’t from fires in Amazon
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
IN August 2019 many news outlets reported that the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, was burning at an alarming rate.
The National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in...
Economy
Has Nigeria really achieved food security?
ON Tuesday 13th August, President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed that Nigeria has achieved food security, thus directed the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to...
Science
FACT CHECK: Does solar tech contribute up to 20% of world’s power production?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
IBRAHIM Ali, a one-time Nigerian minister of state for petroleum resources and former managing director of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), said that “20 per cent of power...
