A social media user has claimed that the judges at the Presidential Election Petition Court on August 1, 2023, acknowledged the presence of award-winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie. The claim was discovered on Twitter, where it had received over four thousand likes and had been viewed over 72 thousand times as of the time of this...
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FACT CHECK: Did Niger military leader say Tinubu government is illegitimate?
On July 30, 2023, a Twitter user uploaded an image with the caption “BREAKING: Your Government is illegitimate. I will not listen to you- General Tiani, Niger Military Leader replies Tinubu as the chairman of ECOWAS.” The tweet has garnered over 472k views as at the time of compiling this fact-check. A similar version of...
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FACT CHECK: Nigerian public officers’ pay has not been adjusted since 1999?
Adams Oshiomhole, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), representing Edo North in the 10th Nigerian Senate, has claimed in a recent interview with Channels TV, that the pay of public officers has not been adjusted since the year 1999. The former national chairman of the APC and ex governor of Edo state,...
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FACT CHECK: Niger’s finance minister breaks down in tears over order to account for stolen funds?
A video, purportedly showing Niger Republic’s finance minister, Ahmat Jidoud, crying over an order from a military junta to account for stolen funds within 48 hours, has been widely circulated online. The video went viral on Saturday, July 29, 2023, spreading across various social media platforms and gaining significant attention from multiple news outlets, such...
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FACT CHECK: Did Tinubu vow to reduce fuel price to N100 per litre?
Social media influencer, Gossip Mill Nigeria, recently shared a video purporting to capture the moment when Bola Tinubu promised to reduce fuel price to N100 per litre if elected as Nigeria’s President. On the verified Twitter handle of the influencer, Tinubu was quoted to have said in the video, “Fuel is N200 per litre now,...
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FACT SHIELD: Ministerial Appointments And The Constitutional Requirements
57 days after being sworn in, Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president is yet to submit a list of ministerial nominees to the Senate for ratification. The absence of the much-awaited list has triggered a flurry of speculations and hints among citizens eagerly anticipating the appointment of key officials in the administration. Amidst the anticipation, there have...
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FACT CHECK: Claim that Tinubu is the sole candidate that never had 25% in FCT misleading
A verified Twitter user, known for being a staunch supporter of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party(LP) in the 2023 general elections, has claimed that Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was the only presidential candidate that never had 25 percent of votes cast in the Federal Capital...
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FACT CHECK: Did Tinubu budget 35bn palliatives for judges?
Claim: Tinubu Budget N35bn Palliatives For Judges On July 13, 2023, a Twitter user claimed that “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu promised to give N35 billion out of the N500 billion approved by the National Assembly for palliatives, to members of the National Judicial Council (NJC) headed by the Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice...
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FACT CHECK: Did Bola Tinubu say he will negotiate with south-east agitators if voted into power?
On July 14, 2023, a Twitter user tweeted that Bola Tinubu, the president of Nigeria promised that if voted into power, he will negotiate with IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu. 72 hours after, the tweet has garneded over 139,000 views. Since Tinubu assumed the presidency, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has emerged as one of...
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FACT CHECK: Is Nigeria ranked as the 4th largest consumer of sugary drinks globally?
The recent formation of a Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms by Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu, has generated controversies due to the appointment of Taiwo Oyedele, a fiscal policy partner and Africa tax leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), as the chairman of the committee. The issue of conflict of interest has been raised by...