Daily Archives: Oct 5, 2026
Fact Guage:
General
Claim attributed to late COAS is False!
A few hours after the death of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Ibrahim Attahiru in a military air crash in Kaduna, a viral statement...
COVID-19
Old video on ‘fake lockdown news alert’ circulates online
LESS than 24 hours after the announcement of COVID-19 restrictions across the country by the Nigerian Government, a video of a former National Coordinator...
COVID-19
Claims of COVID-19 vaccine turning people into vampire is FALSE
CHRISTOPHER OGHENEBRORIE Okotie, a Nigerian televangelist and the pastor of the Household of God Church International Ministries in a viral video claimed that taking...
Economy
Fact-checking Atiku’s claims on Nigeria’s poverty rate, others
A former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, on March 28, 2021Â made several claims that the country is the world headquarters for extreme...
Government Policy
Did Pantami say Nigerians risk imprisonment for not having NIN?
ON FRIDAY, April 2, 2021, many Nigerian dailies and blogs reported that enjoying specified government services without a National Identification Number (NIN) risks 14...
Government Policy
Samia Hassan Suluhu NOT first female president in East Africa
VIRAL posts on Thursday, March 18, 2021, claimed that Samia Hassan Suluhu, who is set to become Tanzania's next president, would be the first...
General
Does viral photo show Assistant Commissioner of Police arrested?
ON March 12, 2021, Soludo Diaso @SDiaso, shared a photo of a man wearing a Police uniform and several other men sitting on the...
General
Viral photo of cattle eating tomatoes is from India, not Nigeria
ON March 4, 2021, an image posted by a blog showed cattle eating from a tomato heap by the roadside.
The blog noted that these...
General
Vacancy circulating online for Umaru Musa Yar’adua University is FALSE
A post circulated on WhatsApp claimed that the Umaru Musa Yar’adua University is recruiting to fill various vacant positions.
The post retrieved on February 28,...
Security
Nigerian dailies share false claim on rescue of Zamfara schoolgirls
ON Sunday, February 28, 2021, at least two major Nigerian dailies claimed in separate reports that 317 students from the Government Girls Secondary School,...
