Daily Archives: Sep 22, 2026
Fact Guage:
Government Policy
Claim that Northern governors reject English as language of instruction in schools is FALSE
A verified Facebook user, Chukwudi Ufondu, has posted a claim that Nigeria's Northern governors have rejected English language as the medium of instruction in...
Government Policy
Serving as Lagos police commissioner is NOT prerequisite for IG appointment
AN X user, @datarpro, has claimed that only police officers who have served as a Commissioner of Police in Lagos State can be appointed...
Politics
Bayo Onanuga makes misleading claim about Julius Debrah
NIGERIA's presidential spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, has claimed that Julius Debrah was the Chief of Staff to the immediate-past president of Ghana.
Onanuga posted the claim...
Government Policy
Davos 2025: Fact-checking Trump’s speech at the World Economic Forum
Following his inauguration as the 47th US President earlier this week, Donald Trump, addressed the audience virtually at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in...
General
Video of Nigerian couple arrested for child’s death in 2017 resurfaces online
A video showing a Nigerian couple allegedly arrested in the United States for killing their child has resurfaced online.
The video, shared by an X...
General
Sponsored post linked to fraudulent trading platform falsely claims CBN sues Kadaria Ahmed
A Facebook page, Don Pom Polye, has published a sponsored post featuring an image purportedly showing a popular Nigerian TV host, Kadaria Ahmed, in...
General
False claims that Mike Tyson is dead circulates on Facebook
A claim that a former American professional boxer, Mike Tyson, is dead has circulated widely on Facebook.
The claim was posted on a Facebook group...
General
Did Trump’s inaugural prayer service feature Muslim call to prayer?
A video showing a man performing the Muslim Call to Prayer at the U.S. National Prayer Service held at the Washington National Cathedral on...
Politics
No, Peter Obi was not invited for Trump’s inauguration
A claim that Nigeria's 2023 Labour Party's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was invited for US President Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony has gone viral on...
Politics
No, Traoré did not decline Trump’s invitation to his inauguration
A claim that Burkina Faso's military-backed president Ibrahim Traoré rejected an invitation to attend the inauguration ceremony of the US president, Donald Trump, has...
