Daily Archives: Jun 24, 2026
Fact Guage:
General
Viral pictures depicting Anambra communal clash were shot in 2017
ON June 27, a Twitter user identified as @OMOIYAWAEC posted three pictures on the social media to depict incident of communal attacks in Anambra...
Security
Claim that 39 Arabians, 16 Russians and 20 Chinese were listed in the FBI most wanted list is FALSE
SINCE the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced through its verified Twitter handle: @FBI, on June 27, soliciting help to locate six...
Security
Did security agencies foil planned Hezbollah attack on Lagos?
ON June 19, a news report by TVC News Nigeria claimed that security agencies foiled a planned attack by a terrorist group, Hezbollah, on...
Politics
Did court restrain Obaseki from contesting Edo PDP primaries?
By UTHMAN Samad.
DADDY D.O, a Twitter user with the username @DOlusegun, on Monday posted a document at exactly 11:51 pm with the claim that a Federal High...
Security
Has Banditry, Kidnapping reduced in Nigeria as claimed by Lai Mohammed?
LAI Mohammed, Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, on June 14 said the prevalence of insecurity in the country has ‘reduced considerably’ when compared...
COVID-19
Did Congolese Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr Mukwege resign because he was asked to manipulate numbers of COVID-19 patients?
ON June 16, a viral post on social media by Kiffasblog claimed that Denis Mukwege, a medical doctor and Nobel Peace laureate from the Democratic Republic...
COVID-19
Did Lagos teaching hospital admit 500 COVID-19 patients daily?
A VIRAL post on WhatsApp claimed that the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) admits not less than 500 COVID-19 patients on a daily basis.
The...
Government Policy
Report that Osinbajo advised FG to suspend NYSC for two years is FALSE
ON June 16, several news platforms and blogs reported that the Nigeria Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC), Chaired by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, recommended...
General
Did a Nigerian invent machine that transforms nylons, plastics into petrol?
A news story, published by Legit.ng on Wednesday, June 10 claimed that a Nigerian man has invented a machine that could transform nylons and...
General
Did Adeboye threaten to kill anyone who “mess” with his wife?
On June 11, 2020, a popular entertainment news blog known as weddingdigestnaija.com reported that Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General-Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God...
