A video showing former Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo announcing the call to young Africans to apply for the Timbuktoo Fintech Start-up Accelerator Programme has been spotted on WhatsApp. The two-minute-34 seconds long video has gone viral, having been shared many times across many groups on WhatsApp as of Friday, September 20, 2024….
A post recently surfaced on WhatsApp inviting Nigerian youths to apply for a National Youth Empowerment Fund. The content of the shared content on social media indicated that its vision “is to give out ₦150,000 – ₦550,000 grant (sic) to every citizen who needs (sic) a helping hand”. Also, it included an online portal for…
A scheme has been shared on Whatsapp purporting that the Federal Government of Nigeria is giving support funds to women in small scale businesses. Tagged “FG Women Small Scale Business Support Fund 2024”, the message indicated that the Federal Government of President Bola Tinubu, through the Ministry of Finance, is offering ₦65,000 to Nigerian women…
A video has spread on WhatsApp claiming that sponsors of the #EndBadGovernmentInNigeria protests have handed guns to protesters. The 3 minutes 58 seconds video has been shared many times on WhatsApp since Monday, August 5, 2024, with the caption: “It’s a peaceful protest with guns shared by the sponsors to name (sic) FG a bad…
A post which was seen on WhatsApp claims that the Mobile Police Unit of the Nigeria Police Force was withdrawing its personnel in view of the planned nationwide protest of August 1 2024. According to the memo datedJuly 25, 2024, stamped and signed by a certain CSP Okon E Moses, second in Command of No….
A post claiming that the Oyo State Government is giving an empowerment fund in 2024 has been spreading on WhatsApp. The post claimed that the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde approved the sum of ₦75,000 as empowerment fund for youths. It provided a portal for registration and asked registrants to supply their full names, bank…
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…
A video showcasing the Niger State agricultural development under the administration of Governor Muhammed Umar Bago contains manipulated content and non-existent images. The 9-minutes-51-seconds video posted by a YouTube page, identified as Inter Vlog was posted on May 5, 2024. The video captioned “HE BOUGHT 1000 TRACTORS FOR MECHANIZED FARMING IN NIGER STATE NIGERIA. WATCH”…
