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Elections
How true are Soludo’s employment claims made during Anambra governorship debate
A FORMER governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Chukwuma Charles Soludo during the Anambra state gubernatorial debate said the state has the lowest...
Elections
Anambra Election: Checking Soludo’s claim on winning global central bank governor award
A FORMER Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)Â Charles Soludo claimed he was a three-time winner of best central bank governor award.
Soludo...
General
Is FG seeking Chinese loan to fund Nnamdi Kanu’s prosecution?
ON October 21, 2020, at about 8:26 pm an online publication, Eastern Telegraph shared a controversial quote attributed to the Nigeria's Minister of Information...
Insights
Ray Ekpu urges traditional media to embrace fact-checking skills
Ray Ekpu, a veteran journalist and former Co-founder of Newswatch Magazine on Wednesday tasked journalists from the mainstream media to build capacity on fact-checking....
General
FALSE claim circulates that Dino Melaye made first-class, best law student at Baze University
ON SATURDAY, October 23, 2020, when Baze University, Abuja, had her combined 7th and 8th convocation ceremony, a viral post circulated online that a...
Security
#EndSARSMemorial: Fact-checking Lai’s claims on Lekki shooting
IN Nigeria, a memorial was held on the anniversary of what has come to be known as the 2020 Lekki shooting.
The incident happened when...
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.Â
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...
