Gabon, also known as the Gabonese Republic, is a country in Central Africa. It shares borders with Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and the Republic of Congo. Gabon’s population is estimated to be 2.3 million people. The country is endowed with natural resources and, like Nigeria, is an oil producer and net exporter of crude oil. Despite its abundant...
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Fact Check: Did Appeal Court declare LP’s Pela Governor of Delta state?
An X (formerly Twitter) user during the week insinuated that Ken Pela, the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate of Delta state had won a court case thus making him the governor of the state. The post read, “Guys we won we won. Delta is Labour party, Governor Ken Pela won the case in court. The judiciary...
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FACT CHECK: Did Osun appoint SSA to government house swimming pool and Oranmiyan staff?
Two circulars from the Osun State government have been circulating online with controversial claims. One of the circulars announces an appointment of a “Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Government House Pool,” while the other designates an appointee as Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Oranmiyan New Town & Grown Area Development.” Both...
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FACT CHECK: Did Biden say a dead man ruled Nigeria for six years?
By Daily Trust On August 13, 2023, a 47-second video that circulated on the internet and was widely shared on WhatsApp suggested that the President of the United States of America (USA), Joe Biden, said, “Nigeria is the only country where a dead man has been ruling the country for six years without them knowing.”...
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FACT CHECK: Is Nigeria’s fuel price the cheapest in the world, as claimed?
Claim: Nigeria’s fuel is the cheapest in the world On July 24, 2023, Eniola Badmus, an actor and avid supporter of the Tinubu campaign said: “Despite the recent petrol subsidy removal, the price of fuel in Nigeria is the cheapest in the world”. She made the claim while speaking as a guest on an Instagram...
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FACT CHECK: Did the National Population Commission (NPC) publish an e-recruitment shortlist?
By Peter Yohanna On July 15, 2023, “NYSCINFO”, an online blog, published multiple lists of candidates shortlisted for the National Population Commission’s (NPC) ad hoc staff e-recruitment for birth registration. The headline of the blogpost reads: ”NPC shortlisted candidates for Birth Registration- Check Here. If you have applied for the National Population Commission (NPC) Birth...
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FACT CHECK: Is this a video of a recent bandit attack in Zamfara?
A video has been shared numerous times on WhatsApp, claiming that bandits recently attacked Zamfara State. The message reads: “Listen to Trust Radio Live, A video has been shared multiple times on WhatsApp, claiming there was a recent attack by bandits in Zamfara State. This is the real situation happening in Zamfara (sic) state,” a...
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FACT CHECK: Did the judges acknowledge Chimamanda Adichie in court?
A social media user has claimed that the judges at the Presidential Election Petition Court on August 1, 2023, acknowledged the presence of award-winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie. The claim was discovered on Twitter, where it had received over four thousand likes and had been viewed over 72 thousand times as of the time of this...
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FACT CHECK: Did Tinubu budget 35bn palliatives for judges?
Claim: Tinubu Budget N35bn Palliatives For Judges On July 13, 2023, a Twitter user claimed that “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu promised to give N35 billion out of the N500 billion approved by the National Assembly for palliatives, to members of the National Judicial Council (NJC) headed by the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice...
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An rage kudin makarantar jami’a ta jihar Taraba da kashi hamsin bisa dari?
Hoton wata takarda da ake ikrarin ta samo asali daga ofishin rijista na Jami’ar Jihar Taraba ta zaga kafafun sada zumunta, musamman ma WhatsApp. Wannan hoton takardar ta sanar da ahalin jami’ar cewa an rage kudin makaranta; wanda za’a wallafar a shekara ta 2022-2023. Takardar ta sanar da cewa gwamnan jihar Taraba, Agbu Kefas, ya...