Daily Archives: Apr 18, 2026
Fact Guage:
Government Policy
False claim circulates that minimum wage application portal is now open
A claim that the Nigerian government has opened an application portal for the payment of minimum wage has been circulating on WhatsApp.
During Nigeria's 63rd...
General
Beware of malicious Facebook accounts impersonating UNILAG vice-chancellor
At least five Facebook accounts claim to belong to the vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos, Folasade Ogunsola, who is also a professor of...
Government Policy
False claim circulates that Oyo State government is recruiting medical personnel, charges N2,500 for application form
A claim circulating widely in WhatsApp groups says the Oyo State government is currently recruiting medical personnel and has asked each prospective applicant to...
General
Video does not show Osun governor, Adeleke dancing half-naked
A video showing a man wearing a traditional cap with a wrapper has circulated online with a claim that it shows the governor of...
Elections
Video does not show DR Congo election commissioner being beaten and stripped
AN X user, Nkirukamma (@SabinaNkiru), has posted a video of a woman being lynched and beaten by a mob.
She claimed that the woman in...
General
Man City makes false claim about only player to wear World Champion badge for club, country
MANCHESTER City, an English football team, has claimed that her forward, Julian Alvarez, is the only player to wear the World Champion badge at...
Economy
No, 72 per cent of Nigerians are not unemployed
ON December 18, 2023, during the daily live political show called 'The Polity' on KAFTAN TV, an analyst and legal practitioner Prince Ojoka stated...
Security
False claim circulates that nobody was arrested, prosecuted for terrorist attacks in Northern Nigeria
AN X user, Shehu Ghazali Sadiq with the username: @shehusky, has claimed that the Nigerian government has never arrested and prosecuted anyone for all...
Business
False claim circulates online that A.A. Rano has filling station in America
A video has circulated on social media showing visuals of A. A Rano filling station with a human voice narrating in Hausa Language that...
General
False claim about death of Sierra Leone’s former Works minister, Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay circulates online
A claim that a former minister of Works in Sierra Leone, Alhaji Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay, had died has been circulating online.
The claim retrieved from...
