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Security
FACT-CHECK: Ganduje says Kano is the safest state in Nigeria but he lied
CLAIM: Kano is the most peaceful state in Nigeria
ON Saturday 8th February, Abdullahi Ganduje, the Kano State Governor reportedly boasted of the state as...
General
CHECK: Did Lai Mohammed describe Nigeria as the world’s ‘safest’ country to live in?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
THOUGH news reports published on Monday quoted the Information Minister Lai Mohammed, saying Nigeria is the “safest and freest country” to live in...
Government Policy
FACT CHECK: No social media bill before NASS and three other recent lies from Lai Mohammed
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
NIGERIA’s information and culture minister Lai Mohammed, during a recent visit to London, was featured by Deutsche Welle (DW) in an half-hour-long interview the German...
General
FACT CHECK: Femi Adesina exaggerated, there weren’t 10 bombings a day before Buhari
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
FEMI Adesina, spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari said there were as many as 10 bombings in a single day before Buhari’s administration started...
Politics
Buhari, Osinbajo misguided on Disability Rights Bill at town hall meeting
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
CHECKS conducted by The ICIR have indicated that President Muhammadu Buhari and his running mate, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, were mistaken about the Discrimination...
Economy
Akeredolu’s govt lies about reducing debt
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
Ondo's debt profile has increased by 17 per cent since 2016.
THE ONDO State Government led by Rotimi Akeredolu claimed it inherited a total...
General
FACT CHECK: Did a news report describe Sowore as gravely ill?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES of former presidential aspirant Omoyele Sowore’s rearrest on Friday have led many to speculate that the Department of State Services (DSS) intends to...
General
FACT CHECK: Are 2 million Nigerians raped every year? Here’s what we know
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
NIGERIA’s Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Dame Pauline Tallen, according to a report, said last week that two (2) million Nigerians...
Economy
Did China close its borders ‘to the whole world’ for 20 to 40 years?
IN DEFENDING Nigeria’s decision to close its land borders, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali, has repeatedly claimed that China similarly shut...
Elections
FACT CHECK: Fake photos shared during Kogi/Bayelsa elections
By Seun DUROJAIYE.
DESPITE public outcry against the rise of information disorder in Nigeria, partisan groups and social media trolls still circulated images that turned...
