A claim circulating widely across social media says that Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, warned that Nigerians may be forced to adopt work-from-home measures due to rising fuel prices linked to the Iran–Israel crisis. The Claim: A viral WhatsApp message reads: “U.S.-IRAN WAR: RISING OIL PRICES MAY FORCE NIGERIANS TO WORK FROM HOME – DANGOTE.”…
Introduction A message circulating on WhatsApp, Facebook and X platforms claims that the Federal Ministry of Education has issued a circular ordering the closure of 47 Federal Unity Colleges across Nigeria. Screenshot of the circular The message also lists the affected schools, including FGGC Minjibir, FTC Ganduje, FGGC Zaria, FTC Kafanchan, FGGC Bakori, FTC Dayi,…
Claim: An X user made a post that Nigerians pay personal income tax on monthly earnings as low as ₦30,000, (the old minimum wage) while in Kenya and South Africa, personal income tax is only applied when monthly earnings reach ₦282,000 and ₦660,000, respectively. He attributed the statement to Taiwo Oyedele, the Chairman of the…
On April 23, 2024, Vanguard News paper , published a story with the headline FG set to commission Nigeria’s largest Lithium Processing Plant in Nasarawa, a month later, on May 10, 2024, Business Day, Daily Post published a story with the headline ‘Nigeria’s Largest Lithium plant Unveiled in Nigeria’. The lithium plant is said to…
