On March 2, 2024, a video circulated across various social media platforms with the caption “Children protest killings of their parents by bandits for three consecutive days in Katsina.” This comes amidst recurring bandit attacks in some communities in Katsina State, North West, Nigeria. Subsequently, popular gossip blog “Instablog9ja” posted the video on X with...
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FACT CHECK: Is Abuja the fastest-growing city in Africa as Ireti Kingibe claims?
The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) at the upper chamber of the National Assembly, Ireti Kingibe, has claimed in a recent interview on national television that Abuja, the capital of FCT, is the fastest-growing city in Africa. While reacting to the incessant kidnapping and other insecurity issues in the nation’s capital, Kingibe said:...
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FACT CHECK: How true is claim by LP’s Achonu that events no longer hold in Orlu zone, Imo?
Athan Achonu, the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party for the November 11 off-cycle governorship election in Imo state, recently had an interview on national TV where he spoke about issues bordering on the internal wranglings of the party and the security situation in the state. During the interview, Achonu made multiple claims regarding the...