On February 1, 2024, The Punch Newspaper tweeted via its verified X account (formerly Twitter) that “EFCC goes after church for receiving N7bn fraud proceeds.” Attached to the tweet is a news publication detailing the revelation of the EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede. He allegedly made the revelation on Wednesday at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja,...
Category: Anti-Corruption
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FACT CHECK: Did the EFCC recently release a list of assets acquired by Betta Edu?
During the week, a WhatsApp broadcast message surfaced on social media claiming to list assets acquired by suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, during her time in office.
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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?
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
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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Are There 10 Nigerian States with Bigger GDPs Than Some African Countries?
CONTEXT: Nigeria Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo while receiving a group of Harvard Business School students at the State House in Abuja, urged the international community not to compare Nigeria to some smaller African countries in terms of economy. His statement read,
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Did Tinubu say Electoral Act 2022 Will Affect Democracy?
CONTEXT: A Facebook post titled, “The New Electoral bill signed by Mr President will affect our democracy” allegedly authored by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has gone viral. The post was made on a media page, PressExpress Nigeria, on Sunday July 24, 2022.
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Is Peter Obi’s Claim that Nigeria Has About 100 Players in NBA True?
CLAIM: Peter Obi claimed that Nigeria has about 100 players in NBA.
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Did Members of the PDP’s Executive Committee in Kwara State Decamp to APC?
CLAIM: All executive members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State have defected to the APC.
VERDICT: False
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CHECKING CLAIMS MADE DURING ATIKU’S INTERVIEW
CONTEXT: In a one-hour exclusive interview on Arise TV, the former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar made several claims that are fact-check worthy.
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