Reports began circulating that the Katsina State Government had issued a directive affecting all public primary and secondary schools across the state. The alleged order raised concerns among parents, students and education stakeholders regarding safety and continuity of learning. Claim: Katsina State Government has ordered the shutdown of all public primary and secondary schools in...
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FACT CHECK: Did Bola Tinubu offer Mmesoma scholarship over UTME result forgery?
Over the weekend, a Twitter account purporting to belong to Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu, posted that the federal government was offering a scholarship to an embattled candidate of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Ejikeme Mmesoma, who has been at the centre of controversy regarding the forgery of her UTME result. According to the...
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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,...