Daily Archives: Mar 28, 2025
Fact Guage:
Economy
False claim circulates that ferry service debuts from Onitsha to Lagos
A claim that a ferry service now commutes passengers from Onitsha to Lagos for a fare of ₦7,000 has gone viral online.
The claim was...
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...
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...
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...
General
Videos of R. Kelly new single are AI generated!
A claim that a music video released from prison by the US singer, Robert Sylvester Kelly, popularly called R. Kelly has gone viral on...
Security
Claims of mass kidnapping in Oyo, state of emergency in South West are FALSE
AN X user, @Voiceofigbos, has claimed that 50 people, including five Nigerian soldiers, have been kidnapped by gunmen in Oyo State, and as a...
Politics
False claims that El-Rufai defects to PDP circulate on X
CLAIMS that Nasir El-Rufai, a former Governor of Kaduna State and key figure in the All Progressives Congress (APC), has defected to the Peoples...
