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Health
No, study does not show staring at women’s breasts prolongs lifespan …NAN shares two-decade-old hoax
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO
A 20-year-old hoax suggesting that staring at female breasts has the effect of promoting longevity in men has been circulated by the News...
General
Nigerian Correctional Service updates site with new name after ICIR reported oversight
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
LESS than a day after The ICIR reported its failure to update information on its website, the Nigerian Correctional Service has corrected places...
General
Buhari quotes old budget figure in Independence Day speech
IN his speech delivered on Tuesday to mark Nigeria’s 59th Independence Anniversary celebration, President Muhammadu Buhari cited an outdated figure of the allocation federal...
General
REA says fact-check on BUK hybrid solar plant is ‘incorrect’—so we took a closer look
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO
THE Rural Electrification Agency, REA, has reacted to fact-check published by The ICIR on Monday, which debunked the claim that it has commissioned ...
General
Did Buhari answer a question incoherently at UN Climate Action Summit?
SINCE Tuesday, a video shared on Twitter by special assistant to the president on digital and media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has triggered negative reactions, with...
General
FACT CHECK: Is BUK off-grid hybrid solar power plant the largest in Africa?
By Damilola OJETUNDE.
THE Federal Government on Tuesday, September 3 commissioned what it claimed to be the largest off-grid hybrid solar power plant at the Bayero...
General
FACT CHECK: The many social media lies of Lauretta Onochie, President Buhari’s aide
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
Pictures can mislead in several ways: when they contain false information, are doctored to misinform or are employed in a false context. As...
General
FACT CHECK: Has Seyi Makinde reduced LAUTECH tuition fee? No
By Rebecca Akinremi.
THE claim about the reduction in tuition fee of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) has been made by two popular social...
Science
FACT CHECK: Solar panel factory in Borno State not Africa’s ‘biggest’ for production capacity
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
POPULAR Twitter account Africa Facts Zone repeated a widespread claim in August 2019 that Nigeria’s Borno State has the “biggest” solar panel factory in Africa.
In...
Government Policy
FACT CHECK: Trending video of South African Police Deputy Minister is from 2017
By Olugbenga ADANIKIN.
ON September 2, Signal, an online newspaper designed to produce exclusive reports on politics, policy, governance among others posted a claim that projected Bongani Mkongi, former...
