Information circulated regarding a major transportation initiative reportedly approved by the Katsina State Government. The claim suggested a significant investment in hybrid Compressed Natural Gas buses to enhance public mobility. Claim: Katsina State Government approved the procurement of 30 hybrid CNG buses for transport services in the State. Verification: In December 2025, the Katsina State...
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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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FACT CHECK: How true is petroleum minister, Lokpobiri’s claim about fuel supply in Nigeria?
The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, claimed during the sectoral briefing recently held to mark the first anniversary of the Bola Tinubu Administration, that there was no December fuel scarcity in 2023, for the first time in Nigeria. This was as he explained that there are queues at Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited...
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FACT CHECK: Did CBN Revoke Licenses of Unity, Keystone and Polaris Banks?
Recently, a claim went viral that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had revoked the license of Unity, Keystone and Polaris Banks. This claim circulated across several social platforms and a version, posted on X (formerly Twitter) garnered over 16,000 views. The claim went viral shortly after the CBN revoked the license of Heritage Bank....
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FACT CHECK: Did Nigeria’s finance minister propose N105,000 as new national minimum wage?
Multiple social media users and online blogs as seen here, here, here, here, and here, have claimed that Nigeria’s minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Wale Edun, has proposed the sum of N105,000 as the new national minimum wage. This is amid the ongoing negotiations between organised labour and the federal government...
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FACT CHECK: Did Dangote say Tinubu created biggest mess for business owners in 2023?
A news story circulating online claims that Aliko Dangote, founder and chair of the Dangote Group, recently said that the president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu created the biggest mess for business owners in the country in 2023. The news piece published by Osundefender on May 2 2024, cited Sahara Reporters, stating that Dangote made...
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FACT CHECK: Is Babajide Sanwo-Olu paying N70,000 as minimum wage to workers in Lagos?
During the week, a social media blogging platform, Nigeria Stories, posted a minute, thirty seconds video of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, with the headline “Just in: Lagos State Governor Sanwo-Olu confirms he has increased the minimum wage from 35,000 Naira to 70,000 Naira for Lagos state worker.” The video was posted after a...
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FACT CHECK: How true are these claims about Edo State’s indebtedness?
On April 23, 2024, an X user (formerly Twitter) tweeted a long thread titled “Debt Profile Of Edo State Between The Administration of Comrade Oshiomhole And the Administration of Gov. Obaseki” In the thread, the CDD War Room identified three different claims. Claim I: Adams Oshiomole left a total debt profile of N45,091 billion while...
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FACT CHECK: Federal Government Plans To Build An ICT Platform For $95 Million To Fine Employers Of Labour?
On February 29, 2024, a claim went viral on WhatsApp and X (formerly Twitter) that the Federal Government wants to build an ICT platform for $95 million to fine employers of labor. According to the comments on the tweet, the ICT platform will be a portal where employers of foreigners will pay tax for every...
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FACT CHECK: Did Customs Comptroller General announce sale of rice across all states?
Recently, a WhatsApp user shared a picture with the caption “Go to any Custom office in your state with just your NIN and 10k for 5kg bag of Rice. Announcer- Customs Comptroller General” The message has since gone viral across social media platforms and was seen as “forwarded many times” on whatsapp Claim: Customs Comptroller-...
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