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FACT CHECK: Claim that MTN office in Lagos was set ablaze is FALSE
CLAIM: A Twitter user on Tuesday, claimed that MTN office in Apapa, Lagos State was set ablaze.
CONCLUSION: The claim is FALSE. MTN office was not set ablaze in Lagos.
FULL TEXT: Following the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in…
FACTCHECK: Claim that ‘President Buhari sacks’ Bashir Ahmad, Lauretta Onochie is FALSE
CLAIM: Buhari sacks his media aides, Lauretta Onochie and Bashir Ahmad; alleges viral blog post.CONCLUSION: FALSE. There are no media reports to corroborate these claims. More so, the Wednesday press release puts the whole issue to…
FACT CHECK: How true is president Buhari’s claim on food security?
CLAIM: President Muhammadu Buhari's claim that Nigeria has achieved food security
Background:
President Muhammadu Buhari on August 13, 2019 said that Nigeria has achieved food security. He then directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)…
FACTCHECK: FALSE, newborn babies not made to sleep on plastic chairs in Nigeria!
CLAIM: A viral post claims that newborn babies were made to sleep on plastic chairs due to insufficient beds at a Nigerian hospital.CONCLUSION: FALSE, newborn babies were made to sleep on plastic chairs in Uganda and not in Nigeria. The…
FACTCHECK: Has El-Zakzaky been released? NO!
Vanguard newspaper claimed that DSS has released El-Zakzaky.CONCLUSION: FALSEAt the early hours of Tuesday August 6, 2019, one of the leading newspapers in the country, Vanguard, reported that The Department of State…
FACTCHECK: How much debt does Oyo state owe?
CLAIM: Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde claimed that the outgoing governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, left N150 billion debt
CONCLUSION: Based on figures from both DMO and NBS, as of March 31, 2019, Oyo State’s total debt stood at N126…
FACTCHECK: Is Germany planning to deport 30,000 Nigerians?
CLAIM: Eddy Duru, the Founder/President of RARDUJA International, a non-governmental organisation recently claimed that:· 30,000 illegal Nigerians face deportation from GermanyCONCLUSION: THE CLAIM IS FALSEFULL TEXT:Eddy…
FACK CHECK: Is Nigeria’s best University 800th in the world?
CLAIM: Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN), Pro-Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG) says that· Nigeria’s best University ranks 800th in worldCONCLUSION: The claim is PARTLY TRUEFULL STORY:Dr Wale Babalakin…
FACT CHECK: Is Akure airport the second fastest growing airport by passenger traffic in Nigeria?
CLAIMS: The Executive Governor of Ondo state recently took to his Twitter handle and claimed that:Ondo State airport was in 2018 the second fastest growing airport by passenger traffic.
Airpeace and Overland fly daily into Akure…
FACT CHECK: Senator Ben Murray-Bruce goofed on Rwanda’s Solar energy
Claims: Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, senator representing Bayelsa East Constituency recently took to his Twitter page to claim that:Rwanda has e-bikes that are charged by solar panels on the streets.
Rwanda gets its electricity from…