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FACT CHECK: Femi Adesina made multiple claims in his fact sheet, how true are they?

On April 30, 2023, Femi Adesina, the special adviser on media and publicity to Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, released a fact sheet comprising a list of achievements accomplished during the current administration. The fact sheet was divided into various categories such as health and education, social investment and poverty alleviation, infrastructural development, financing and investment,...

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FACT CHECK: Did Tinubu bribe ICC with $400m to influence his prosecution?

FACT CHECK: Did Tinubu bribe ICC with $400m to influence his prosecution?

On March 31, 2023, a post went viral on Twitter and Facebook claiming that the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected a $400 million bribe from the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. The claim comes a few days after the Court of Appeal in Abuja granted permission to the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to serve his...

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FACT CHECK: El-Rufai’s Claim on Percentage of Account Owners in Nigeria Inaccurate

FACT CHECK: El-Rufai’s Claim on Percentage of Account Owners in Nigeria Inaccurate

Claim 1: Only 34% of Nigerians have bank accounts Verdict: Inaccurate Context: The Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, recently stated that only 34 percent of Nigerians owned bank accounts. The governor, who made the comment when he met with the traders association in the state. He said it is a deliberate conspiracy against the...

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