Claim Viral Facebook post says in Jigawa state, you only pay ₦10,000 as school fees and receive ₦60,000 worth of scholarship every session? Conclusion After reaching...
Claim Viral post claims Austin ‘Jayjay’ Okocha’s success was due to Victor Agbo Conclusion False. The message has been circulating for a while and the theme...
Claim A doctor can choose not to treat a rude patient Conclusion A doctor can choose not to treat a patient if the patient is unruly...
Claim Viral post berates wealthy Nigerians buying private jets over creating jobs Conclusion Although the post is an opinion which does not require a fact check,...
Claim Buhari deserves credit for tackling Insecurity —Garba Shehu Conclusion While the terrorism and security index have shown considerable amount of positive changes in the last...
CLAIM President Muhammadu Buhari replaces ₦1.8 trillion Fuel Subsidy cost with ₦2.4 trillion for transport bonus. CONCLUSION FALSE. Though there are no open source documents that...
The police have cleared the air regarding the rumored resignation of a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and an Assistant Inspector General (AIG) who were deployed for...
Claim: Canada Visa Lottery Application is out Verdict: False. Canada does not operate a visa lottery. The link to a viral message on WhatsApp redirects users...
Claim Nigerian King Built School with No School Fees, Free Hostel, Free Food, and Even Teaches There Verdict True. The King of Òkè-ìlá with title Òràngún...
Claim “The water projects we completed between 2015 to 2020 have improved Nigeria’s access to potable water to 71% between 2015 and 2020. This means 12.5...
Claim: A shared WhatsApp message claimed that the National Youth Empowerment Fund, a federal government agency is giving out ₦150,000 – ₦200,000 grants to Nigerians. Conclusion:...
Claim: A Nigerian Senator earns $2,183,685 annually and it takes 1638 years for an average worker to earn such an amount. Conclusion: False. The salary plus...
The House of Representatives has questioned the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on landed property over the sale of Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria’s (FRCN) six storey...
Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims Tetfund is giving ₦30,000 grants to Nigeria students Conclusion: False, the website is fraudulent. Though it portrays the real logo...
Northern traders lost N447 billion to banditry, #EndSARS protest and general insecurity in the North. National President of Northern Traders Union, Mohammed Ibrahim has said that...
[responsivevoice_button voice=”UK English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] The National Security Adviser (NSA) Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) Monday night, held a closed door meeting with the heads...
The Federal Government has said over 1.6 million eligible persons have been fully vaccinated. The Executive-Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib,...
Claim: “Today, our state is arguably the safest in the entire country, we are rated the second most peaceful and our crime rate is second lowest,”...
Claim: Nigerians now have partial access to Twitter Conclusion: No! The Twitter ban has not been lifted. Access to Twitter via computer system was not granted...
Claim: Viral WhatsApp message claimed some passengers of Igbo extraction traveling in a luxurious bus were attacked and killed in Jos, the Plateau State capital. Conclusion:...
Claim: Nigeria’s unemployment rate in 2020 was 32.5% and poverty rate in 2021 is 40% Verdict: According to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics, the fourth quarter...
For the first time ever, India had increased its total number of Covid -19 vaccination in a day as the country vaccinated 10 million in a...
Every Nigerian regardless of age needs to get involved in politics and employ every means to solve the country’s common and local problems. A former executive...
Claim: “32 percent of Nigerians own Bitcoin, the highest percentage in the world” Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder, 15 August 2021. Conclusion: False. The statistics quoted by...
Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claimed HollyFrontier bought a 678,000 bpd refinery bigger than Dangote refinery for US$ 2.6 billion, while NNPC is buying 20 percent...
Claim: Viral video claims Nigerian Senate is calling for division of the country. Conclusion: False. The scene in the video in reference took place within the...
Claim: Viral WhatsApp message claims ewedu (Jute) vegetable revived dying cancer patient. Conclusion: False. Components of the Jute (Ewedu) vegetable help prevent cancer, but not cure...
Claim: “There is something out there before we came in that Nigeria has housing deficit; it’s a lie” —Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, April...
Claim: I have left APC since 2019, Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie claims Conclusion: False. Evidence has proven otherwise that Lauretta Onochie still participated in partisan politics...
Claim: Viral message claims the Federal Civil Service is conducting an ongoing Recruitment for 2021/2022. Conclusion: False. The message is a refurbished one that has been...
Claim: News reports quoted a Nigerian-Canadian ‘Minister of Justice’, Kelechi Madu as saying that Nigeria’s Attorney-General, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami is a disgrace to...
