Fact Check: Federal Government Not Disbursing ₦30,000 Bursary To Secondary School Students

A claim circulating on WhatsApp directs users to a website purportedly linked to a Federal Government bursary scheme,  It claims that students in secondary schools are entitled to receive ₦30,000.   The message instructs students to click a button that says Bank form and fill in their bank details in order to access the funds….

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False: Federal Government Is Currently Not Distributing Free Solar Cookers

A widely circulated message on WhatsApp and other social media platforms claims that the Federal Government of Nigeria is currently distributing free solar cookers to more than 10 million Nigerians across the 36 states of the nation.   This information is misleading and inaccurate because it includes a link that asks people to click and…

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FG Not Giving N65,000 Grant To Women In Small Scale Businesses 

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…

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Federal Government Has Hot Promised Employment To Protesters

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…

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Bursary Scheme

Beware, FG Bursary Portal Closed On 13 May; To Reopen In November 2024

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…

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Fake! FG is not paying child support fund to Nigerian parents

Claim: FG is paying N50,000 child support fund to Nigerian parents A viral WhatsApp message claims that the Federal Government of Nigeria, under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is paying N50,000 Child Support Fund for all Nigerian parents. The post contains a registration link for Nigerians to register: https://ggdfggdghhfdchh.blogspot.com/?m=1 The post, with the…

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