Daily Archives: Oct 15, 2024
Fact Guage:
Insights
Ezekwesili faults ICIR’s fact check on her out-of-school children’s claim
By Chikezie OMEJE.
OBY Ezekwesili, the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has faulted The ICIR’s fact check on her claim that from the...
General
FACT CHECK: Oby Ezekwesili’s claim on out-of-school children is inaccurate
By Chikezie OMEJE.
OBY Ezekwesili, the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) says that from the year 2000 till date, Nigeria has...
Insights
ICIR’s Chikezie Omeje wins Africa Check’s fact check award
CHIKEZIE Omeje, a Senior Investigative Reporter with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR), has emerged winner of the 2018 fact check award which...
Politics
FACT CHECK: Did Fayose leave N170b or N120b debt profile in Ekiti?
By YEKEEN Akinwale.
ACCUSATIONS of debts profile in Ekiti State have become a vicious cycle between the incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi and his predecessor, Ayodele Fayose.
They...
Economy
World Economic Forum misleads Nigerians on country’s ranking
By Chikezie OMEJE.
NIGERIA’S progress in the latest Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) is confusing.Â
The media, including The ICIR, reported on Thursday that Nigeria...
Economy
FACT CHECK: Has Buhari appointed a ‘Chief Economic Adviser’? Yes and no
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
WITH the 2019 presidential election gradually drawing closer, claims are more frequently made in attempts to discredit one political party, candidate or the...
Economy
FACT CHECK: Did Okowa raise Delta State’s IGR from 30 to N51 billion?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
IFEANYI Okowa, Governor of Delta State, said the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of his state was as low as N30 billion in 2016...
General
Are there 13.2 million out-of-school children in Nigeria as claimed by UBEC?
By Damilola OJETUNDE.
LAST week, the Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Ahmed Boboyi, stated that the population of out-of-school children in Nigeria has risen from 10.5...
Politics
Osun Decides 2018: Exposing the fallacies, exaggerations, outright lies in governorship debate
IN the evening of Sunday, six days to the Osun State gubernatorial election, four of the prominent aspirants gathered in Osogbo to demonstrate preparedness...
General
FACT CHECK: Presidency’s claim about no- allocation for Hilux vehicles in the 2016/2017 budget is false
By Ajibola AMZAT.
THE Presidency has denied there was any allocation for the purchase of Hilux vehicles in 2016 and 2017 appropriated budgets, but The  ICIR’s check...
