Daily Archives: Aug 12, 2026
Fact Guage:
Politics
Was a bandit recruited as Customs officer?
MULTIPLE posts on social media claim that a bandit has been recruited into the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
The posts have a photo collage made-up...
COVID-19
76th UNGA: Checking Buhari’s claims on COVID-19
The President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) made numerous claims about the progress and...
Economy
Did Nigeria’s inflation rate trend downwards?
The Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, October 11, 2021, said Inflation in the country trended downwards over the last five months.
This...
General
Nigerian govt is NOT disbursing N150,000 to 13-65 year-old citizens
A claim is circulating on social media that the government is giving students and business owners who are within the 13 to 65 age...
General
Was groomsman refused entry in church for wearing earrings?
ON the 2nd of October 2021, a tweet that claimed a groomsman wearing earrings left a wedding ceremony because he was told it was...
Security
Photo does NOT show Deputy Commissioner of Police arrested for kidnapping in Kaduna
AN image of a man dressed in the Nigerian camouflaged Police uniform sitting in front of other men in the Police-parading-suspects style has been...
Economy
Fact-checking Reno Omokri’s claim on Nigeria’s debt profile
A FORMER aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, on Wednesday, September 29, said Nigeria's national debt as of 2015 was N12 trillion naira.
This...
COVID-19
Nigeria’s ‘Double Pandemic’ and Boko Haram’s Response to COVID-19
THE Boko Haram (Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād) insurgency has been on for over 12 years. During this time, it has not only transcended...
Insights
Should government regulate social media? Stakeholders react
THE Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Gbenga Sesan has urged the Nigerian government to channel the energy directed at social media regulation to carrying...
Webinar
ICIR/ICFJ webinar: Should government regulate social media?
The Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Gbenga Sesan has urged the Nigerian government to channel the energy directed at social media regulation to carrying...
