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Lai Mohammed denies comments on Osinbajo’s copter crash

By Crosscheck Nigeria. A quote attributed to the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed that says “We Saw A PDP Membership Card And Atiku Abubakar’s Bank Cheque...

Taraba villagers did not chase out APC gubernatorial candidate

By Crosscheck Nigeria. A Facebook post from Dailymail gist shows the scene of a disrupted event, claiming that locals in Kukara, Taraba had chased out the...

FACT CHECK: Has Nigeria’s agricultural output really reduced or increased since PDP left power?

By 'Kunle ADEBAJO. ONE achievement President Muhammadu Buhari is always eager to flaunt wherever he speaks publicly is his administration’s efforts to improve the agricultural sector...

Spread of insecurity before 2015 and four other things Atiku, Obi were wrong about

By 'Kunle ADEBAJO. ON Wednesday, the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Peter Obi, were hosted on The Candidates, a...

CJN Walter Onnoghen did not meet with Atiku Abubakar in Dubai

By Crosscheck Nigeria. A number of Facebook posts have shared a photo claiming that the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, met with the...

FACT CHECK: Has electricity generation worsened or improved since 2015? We verified

By 'Kunle ADEBAJO. NIGERIA’s top two political parties apparently disagree on how much electricity the country is currently generating compared to four years ago when the...

Was Atiku’s Abuja home besieged by the DSS pre-election 2019?

By Crosscheck Nigeria. A number of online publications have claimed that leading opposition presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, was on Wednesday, January 30, besieged by members of...

New acting Chief Justice, Tanko Muhammad did attend law school and was called to bar

By Crosscheck Nigeria. WIDELY shared videos and posts have claimed that the new acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad did not attend law...

FACT CHECK: Can a non-lawyer become Supreme Court Justice? And is Tanko a non-lawyer?

By 'Kunle ADEBAJO. DURING a protest held in Abuja on Monday by lawyers, one speech stood out. A legal practitioner, who has been identified as Okere Kingdom Nnamdi,...

Buhari was not booed in Sokoto after APC presidential rally

By Crosscheck Nigeria. A Facebook page posted a video on its platform claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari was booed after the presidential rally in Sokoto state. CrossCheck...

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Obi’s Independence Day claims: Fact or fiction?

FOLLOWING Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day anniversary on 1 October...

Atiku’s Independence Day claims: What the facts show

On 1 October 2026, former Nigerian vice president and...

Nigeria at 66: Fact-checking Tinubu’s Independence Day economics

IN his Independence Day address on Thursday, 1 October...

Viral photo claiming Tinubu is ‘Nkoyo Nazebi’ lacks evidence

A POST circulating on social media claims that a...

This Kano rally was for Tinubu, not against him

A video showing a large crowd marching with what...

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Obi’s Independence Day claims: Fact or fiction?

FOLLOWING Nigeria’s 66th Independence Day anniversary on 1 October...

Atiku’s Independence Day claims: What the facts show

On 1 October 2026, former Nigerian vice president and...

Nigeria at 66: Fact-checking Tinubu’s Independence Day economics

IN his Independence Day address on Thursday, 1 October...

Viral photo claiming Tinubu is ‘Nkoyo Nazebi’ lacks evidence

A POST circulating on social media claims that a...

This Kano rally was for Tinubu, not against him

A video showing a large crowd marching with what...