CLAIM A former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday, August 9, claimed that members of Nigeria’s National Assembly fix their own salaries and allowances, describing the alleged practice as “immoral”. According to reports by major media platforms, Obasanjo spoke at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while hosting six serving members of the House of…
On July 26, 2024, a verified Facebook account NNPC Limited, presumably the official account of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited made a post “WE ARE HIRING! Are you passionate about building an exciting career in NNPC Limited? Please visit https://careers.nnpcgroup.com to apply”. How genuine is this account and the content? Verification The following steps…
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…
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 Facebook page Housing TV Africa shared a post on their Facebook with the caption “Share your thoughts! Controversy in Edo State as flooding threatens to halt INEC’s Continuous Voter Registration exercise ahead of the governorship election. Will this impact the election outcome? “ The post had 5 likes as of the time of verifying…
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