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….
On Saturday, July 27, an alleged broadcast text of President Bola Tinubu went viral on social media especially on whatsapp platform, suggesting that Tinubu had slashed his salary by 50 percent and scrapped office of the first lady. The supposed speech was titled differently like “President Tinubu Speaks,” and “President Tinubu Address the Nation.” In…
On Saturday, July 20, 2024, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, accused the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, of inciting his supporters to protest against the government. Onanuga made this claim amidst the growing call by young Nigerians to hit the streets for a nationwide…
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…
