Daily Archives: Aug 23, 2026
Fact Guage:
Government Policy
Claim that Bill Gates called for decimation of Africans is false!
A video claiming that computer magnate, Bill Gates said that the world should be depopulated starting from the elimination of Africans has resurfaced online...
Government Policy
NIMC did not threaten subscribers yet to do NIN-SIM linkage as reported online
THE Punch newspaper on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 reported that the Federal Government of Nigeria told subscribers yet to do the Subscriber Identification Modules...
COVID-19
Did WHO say drinking palm oil can stop the spread of COVID-19?
A message shared on WhatsApp as seen on Friday, January 15, 2021 says experts have confirmed that consumption of palm oil can help curb...
Economy
Claim that Anambra’s debt profile is over N200 billion is FALSE
A VIRAL post on Twitter claimed that Anambra State owes a combined debt of over N200 billion.
The claim was made by a Twitter user...
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...
COVID-19
Viral video on rice distribution shared by Dino Melaye was shot in 2019
ON Thursday 16 April, Dino Melaye, a former senator shared a 30-second video on rice distribution to a large crowd in Nigeria, which has...
COVID-19
Ayade was wrong saying social distancing not effective control against Covid-19
By YEKEEN Akinwale.
BEN Ayade, Governor of Cross River State and also a professor of Microbiology stirred controversy recently when he said the practice of social distancing might...
COVID-19
Fact-check: Is Governor El-Rufai out of COVID-19 self-isolation as claimed in a video? No
By Damilola OJETUNDE.
A video purportedly claiming that the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has gone out of the Coronavirus isolation and is enforcing...
COVID-19
FACT CHECK: Does Ghana have 200 cases of Coronavirus?
By Seun DUROJAIYE.
A RECENT post shared on Twitter by a user who goes by the name Jeremy Weate, with over 13,000 followers on the micro-blogging...
