In our ongoing commitment to promoting transparency and openness for the benefit of the public, we conducted a fact-check on a post circulating on X (formerly Twitter). The post, made by Omoleye Sowore on July 15, 2024, on his official X handle @YeleSowore, claims that President. Ahmed Bola Tinubu had already bought a 100 million…
A story was published on Instagram by a user @mazitundeednut claiming that the INEC chairman made a statement saying “ Flooding In Our Edo State Office Has Affected 4000 BVAS Machines” This story had gathered about 15,262 comments and about 49,304 likes at the time of making this verification. The Edo state Governorship election is…
A news blog recently published a content purporting that the Federal Government and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) have “secured a significant legal victory against the State Governors in a dispute over the financial autonomy of Local Government joint accounts”. The report claimed that the ruling delivered by Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal…
Screenshot of the claim as seen on WhatsApp A post which was sighted on WahtsApp claims that the Federal Government of Nigeria plans to give 705,000 students its 2024 bursary amounting to ₦75,000. The post further claimed that 458,098 students benefited from the same programme in 2022 and each got ₦50,800. The post included a…
A publication which appeared to have emanated from Nairaland claimed that Nigeria’s 36 State Governors have reached an agreement to pay various amounts ranging from ₦30,000 to ₦80,000 as Minimum Wage on Monday, June 10, 2024. Earlier, another online news blog reported on Saturday, June 8 that the Nigeria Governors Forum had on Thursday, June…
Recently, a statement: “Nigeria is designed for backward, nothing works here, I have try all my Lagos tragedy, nothing is working” was attributed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu., The post was from a Facebook page Igbo Times Magazine. It was posted on June 18 2024, and at the time of fact-checking this claim, the post…
On Thursday, June 20, 2024, a controversial post claiming that the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, said he mistook his Nigerian counterpart, President Bola Tinubu as a personal translator surfaced on social media. This controversial post was shared via Facebook by the user, Igbo Times Magazine, a page with 288k followers. The post read: “Just…
Claim: A viral claim that has been shared on social media – X formerly known as Twitter, Facebook – and on Whatsapp says the Senate approved the acquisition of a private jet for Mr. president. Full Text Claim: “BREAKING NEWS: We know Nigerians are hungry, but that will not stop us from approving a private…
There is currently an information circulating on social media platforms with the title NIMC CORRECTION PORTAL. It claims the portal is a directive of the Federal government to NIMC to attend to the complaints of the Nigerian Citizens. It comes along with different links to click on for make believe data to be corrected just…
Claim: On Friday, June 21, 2024, a viral post claiming that Nollywood actor cum politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, who recently dumped the Labour Party (LP), is set to return to the All Progressives Congress (APC) emerged on X. The post, shared by YabaLeftOnline reads: “LP leadership a bunch of clowns, I don’t rule out rejoining APC…
