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…
Source: Boss Mustapha on X Claim: Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, claimed that the country generated 5105 megawatts of electricity on July 27, the highest in three years. Verdict: False! Data from NESO shows that Nigeria generated 4,993.92MW peak power capacity on July 27, 2024. Full Text Stable electricity supply has, over the years,…
https://www.facebook.com/share/wRZ1at6q2gcwJdH5/?mibextid=oFDknk Recently, a promotional advert showed up on Facebook, luring young Nigerians to sign up for a Federal Government’s rare opportunity opened for youths. It was a poster advert that has on it the Federal Ministry of Youth Development, Nigeria Youth Investment Fund, NYIF, as seen in the link above. It originated from an unknown…
A video posted on facebook by Usman-Oladipo Akanbi on August 8, 2024, suggested that President Bola Tinubu has cut down the cost of governance by 60%.. Akanbi, an educationist, according to his facebook bio, posted the 5 minutes 14 seconds clip with a terse statement which reads “Thank God…waiting for the National Assembly and the…
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 tweet from an X account (formerly Twitter), @renewed_hop with the caption BREAKING NEWS 🚨 says, “The Federal Government has promised the protesters that unemployment will end in Nigeria. The government will employ 300,000 workers in Nigeria, with each state employing 7,000 youths”. Few hours after the tweet was made, it had generated over; 219,000…
Claim: A viral message claims the United Nations will take over Tinubu’s administration if the #EnduranceBadGovernance protest lasts 30 days. Full Text The August 1 to 10 #EnduranceBadGovernance protest in Nigeria is a protest against hunger and bad governance in the oil-rich nation. It is holding, despite several appeals from Federal, State and Local Government…
A statement entitled “Notice of Postponement of Planned Protest” went viral on Wednesday night, suggesting that the planned nationwide protest slated for August 1 – 10 has been shifted. It was printed on the letterhead of ‘Take It Back Movement’, one of the human rights organisations leading the protest. It was signed by Damilare Adenola,…
On Sunday, July 21, controversial Instagram blogger, Gistlover caused an uproar on social media after sharing a post accusing the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of engaging in extra-marital affairs. This post went viral in no time, leaving Akpabio as a topic of discussion for days. In the post, the blogger claimed that the Senate President…
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….
