A photo has circulated online with the claim that Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria’s first lady, participated in an official meeting between Bola Tinubu; the president, Godwin Emefiele; governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Mele Kyari; group managing director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), over fuel subsidy related matters. Controversies have...
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Category: Governance
FACT CHECK: Completion of Second Niger Bridge, other legacy infrastructure projects
CLAIM: Did Buhari’s administration complete the Second Niger Bridge? CONTEXT: On May 28th 2023, the outgoing President in his farewell speech highlighted some legacy projects which he completed to include Second Niger Bridge and other important roads linking other states. “Mindful of the need to ensure adequate infrastructure to drive economic growth, we completed age-long...
FACT CHECK: Reducing terrorism and banditry
CLAIM: Did President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration curtail terrorism and banditry in Nigeria? CONTEXT: The outgoing President in his speech on 28th May, 2023 said, during his administration the federal government has been able to curtail terrorism and banditry in the country. He said, “As I complete my term in office, we have been able to...
FACT CHECK: Bode George makes multiple claims, how true are they?
Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made a number of claims in an interview on AriseTV. He made these claims while speaking on the state of the Nation, his party and his relationship with the president-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Claim I: They (INEC) tried the new...
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,...
FACT CHECK: How true are these claims by Ben Ayade?
In an interview with Arise News, the governor of Cross River state, Ben Ayade, made multiple claims in response to questions about his performance, few days to the end of his eight-years administration as governor. Claim I: Ben Ayade claims he never secured any foreign loan during his administration as governor of Cross River state...
FACT CHECK: Did European leaders shun, decline to meet with Bola Tinubu?
A news report claiming that European leaders shunned and declined to meet with Bola Tinubu has circulated online. A verified Twitter user, @Dr_chazduke, shared the report on Sunday, May 14, 2023, with the caption, “BREAKING NEWS: Bola Tinubu Shunned by Europe’s Leaders, Decline To Meet With Him. No be Peter Obi or Obidients do this...
FACT CHECK: Did Bola Tinubu sign the self-accounting bill for Lagos legislature while he was governor?
The former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, in an interview on AriseTV, spoke about the zoning of key positions in the 10th Senate and issues about Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, as well as the expected relationship between Tinubu and the National Assembly. He said, “The issue of the self-accounting for...
FACT CHECK: Did lawyer query judge over live broadcast of presidential election tribunal?
A video claiming a lawyer was making an objection against the live broadcast of the Presidential Election Tribunal has circulated online. The video was circulated on Twitter on the same day the Presidential Tribunal held the inaugural sitting. In the 4 minutes and 20 seconds long footage, the lawyer could be heard saying, “The video-vising,...
FACT CHECK: Did bill to regulate Christian preaching scale second reading at Nigerian Senate?
Over the weekend, a viral tweet with the claim that moves to regulate preaching by Christians, began making the rounds on social media. The Tweet which has over 700,000 interactions reads, “Nigerian Senate moves to regulate Christian preaching as bill scales second reading.” Claim: Bill to regulate Christian preaching passed second reading at the Nigerian...