Claim: People’s Gazette Nigeria claims that President Tinubu has returned OPL 245 oil block to Shell and Eni Full Text As Nigerians continue to express their displeasure with the administration of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu because of rising hardship, several posts have filled the internet, especially social media platforms. Amidst all of these, there…
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…
On July 11, a post was made on Nairaland, with a claim that Senator Ndume stated that President “Tinubu Is Caged Inside Presidential Villa” The Story had gathered 26825 Views and over 500 comments and Likes at the time of writing this post. At the time this statement was made, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume was…
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…
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…