On September 16, 2024, a claim went viral that the Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, while being the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), did not sign the Peace Accord. The claim was made by Bishop Matthew Kukah, the convener of the National Peace Committee while speaking at the Edo election security town hall...
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FACT CHECK: Did NCC increase tariff plans for telecoms in Nigeria?
Over the weekend, various Nigerian media outlets reported a hike in tariff plans on all Nigerian telecommunications. According to the reports, the hike emanated from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the increase was to affect all voice calls, data and SMS services. The viral report came even as Nigerians decried bad network connections amidst...
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FACT CHECK: Were protesters in Kano holding the Russian flag?
Over the weekend, viral images and videos from Kano state showed protesters carrying flags that appeared to be Russian. This sparked controversy, with various persons condemning their action. One of those who weighed in on the issue is the former presidential aide Bashir Ahmed. Various media outlets reported the action with many reports attributing the flags...
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FACT CHECK: How true are these statements attributed to Tinubu over #Endbadgovernance protest?
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: How true are these claims about Tinubu’s attendance at Ramaphosa’s inauguration in South Africa?
Multiple claims have trailed the attendance of Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the inauguration of South Africa’s re-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, South Africa. Ramaphosa, following the country’s general elections in May and his party’s alliance with the opposition, was sworn in for a second term of five years on June 19, 2024....
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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 Bagudu say N814bn was spent on the National Anthem?
Recently, an X(Twitter) user alleged that Nigeria’s Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu said that over N800 billion was spent on the change of the national anthem which was changed last week. The tweet as at the time of this fact check has garnered over 500,000 interactions. Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu had...
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FACT CHECK: Does video show Bala Usman listing FRCN, ICPC, NTA as agencies to be scrapped?
During the week social media blogging platform Instablog posted a video of Hadiza Bala Usman, Special Adviser on Policy and Coordination with the headline “FG finally scraps FRCN, ICPC, NCDC, NCC, NTA, several others.” Bala Usman in the video spoke about the MDAs that will be merged when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu implements the Steve...
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FACT CHECK: Did Ngozi Okonjo Iweala say she was threatened after a visit to Tinubu?
A message purported to be from the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, and former finance Minister of Nigeria, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has surfaced as a broadcast message on messaging platform WhatsApp. The claim was reported via our Check by Meedan chatbot. The claim is quoted as, “I keep receiving toxic calls and messages...
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FACT CHECK: Did Nigerian government and Labour Unions agree N155,000 as minimum wage?
An X (formerly Twitter) user during the week claimed that the Nigerian government, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have agreed to a new minimum wage. The tweet which has garnered over 49,000 interactions at the time of the report claimed that the minimum wage was agreed to be placed at...