Multiple statements have been attributed to Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the planned nationwide protest, tagged #EndBadGovernance, scheduled to begin on August 1, 2024. In a viral open letter purportedly issued by the presidency, Tinubu allegedly promised several reforms, including scrapping the office of the First Lady, selling off presidential aircraft, restoring fuel and...
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FACT CHECK: Does The New Minimum Wage Apply To All And Sundry?
On July 18, 2024, the president, Bola Tinubu and the leadership of organised Labour (constituent organisations) agreed on ₦70,000 as the new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. This agreement followed a series of talks between Labour leaders and the government’s tripartite committee on minimum wage constituted by the President in January 2024. After the...
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How exiled Biafra separatist deploys disinformation to claim foreign support
For several years, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a secessionist movement seeking the establishment of a Biafran state carved out of Nigeria’s South-East, has actively sought to claim international support to apply pressure on Nigeria to concede to their requests. This movement, which was latent for decades after the Civil War (1967-70), has since...
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FACT CHECK: How true is Dele Alake’s claim about arrest and prosecution of illegal miners?
Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, recently made claims about illegal mining operations in the country while speaking at the sectoral briefing organised by the federal government on the occasion of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s first year in office. Alake who mounted the podium to speak about the achievements of his ministry so...
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FACT CHECK: H.B. Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff, suspended?
CDD War Room recalls that as part of the changes made in Nigeria’s armed services, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed new service chiefs on June 19, 2023. Among the newly appointed chiefs was AVM H.B Abubakar, who assumed the role of the 22nd Chief of Air Staff. However, in April 2024, a claim was widely circulated...
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FACT CHECK: Did the deceased Ondo APC aspirant raise an alarm over a threat to his life?
The news of the passing of an All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant for governor of Ondo State dominated social media early on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Paul Akintelure was one of the leading contenders for the APC governorship ticket in the primaries on April 25, 2024. It was claimed that the deceased, prior to his...
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FACT CHECK: Did Trump reprimand Nigerians for protesting against Tinubu?
A video that appears to be of former US President Donald Trump is making the rounds across social media platforms. The video showed Donald Trump chastising Nigerians for protesting their country’s situation. He said, “You Nigerians are so ridiculous, Tinubu has been in office barely 10 months working his tail off, and all you people...
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FACT CHECK: Did the Lagos State Police Commissioner Lead Protest?
A few hours ago, on February 27, 2024, an image circulated on social media suggesting that the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State led an ongoing protest in the state. Initially shared by the Daily Trust, a prominent newspaper, the image was accompanied by the caption “Lagos State Commissioner leading the protest along Awolowo Way,...
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FACT CHECK: Is Claim About Sack of Tinubu’s Chief of Staff True?
There is currently a circulating claim that Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian president, has dismissed Femi Gbajabiamila, his chief of staff. The report, labelled as a developing story and posted on February 6, 2024, suggests that the official announcement of Gbajabiamila’s removal will be made public. This information was reposted by the “phoenix app” and widely...
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FACT CHECK: Is This Birthday Invitation From The Ministry Of Women Affairs?
A document with the letter head of the federal ministry of women affairs, purported to have originated from the ministry, is being circulated across social media platforms. The memo, dated January 29, 2023, and addressed to “all honourable ministers,” contains an invitation to the birthday ceremony of “Double Chief Kennedy Ohanenye,” the spouse of Uju...