A Nigerian comedian and the Chief Executive Officer of Sirbalo Homes, Obotuke Timothy, has claimed in a video that Lagos state in Nigeria has a bigger population than Canada. A social media influencer, Tunde Ednut, shared the video on his verified Instagram handle. In the viral video, Timothy, who has over two million followers on...
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FACT CHECK: Does video show angry youths disrupting APC campaign in Ondo State?
Saharah Reporters recently posted a video on their verified Instagram page with the claim that it shows the moment the All Progressives Congress (APC) political campaign was thwarted in Ondo State. This is coming in the build up to the off-cycle governorship election scheduled for November 16, 2024 in the State. The video was posted...
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Is Babatunde Fashola Earning 577,000 Naira As A former Lagos State Governor? All We Know
On January 20, 2024, Babatunde Fashola, a former governor of Lagos State and the immediate past minister of works and housing, was a guest on Arise TV. The former Lagos State Governor appeared on the Arise network’s exclusive segment tagged: Life After Public Service. While answering questions on the benefit he gets for serving the...
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FACT CHECK: Does viral video show Nigeria’s first lady, Remi Tinubu, threatening to chase Igbos away from Lagos?
A video is making the rounds on social media with the claim that it shows Remi Tinubu, wife of Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, threatening to chase Igbos out of Lagos state. The video, retrieved from WhatsApp, was posted as a reel on Instagram and Facebook by a user identified as danprohecy. The caption to...
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FACT CHECK: Lagos is the first African state to participate in the Lord Mayor’s show in London?
The Lagos State commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, claimed in a recent interview on national television that the state is the first African state to attend Lord Mayor’s show in London. The commissioner made the statement while addressing issues bordering on affairs of the state and the public procurement agency. He described as false the...
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FACT CHECK: Did Bola Tinubu sign the self-accounting bill for Lagos legislature while he was governor?
The former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, in an interview on AriseTV, spoke about the zoning of key positions in the 10th Senate and issues about Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, as well as the expected relationship between Tinubu and the National Assembly. He said, “The issue of the self-accounting for...
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FACT CHECK: Did Iwuanyanwu say Yorubas are political rascals?
Charles Soludo, who was sworn in as the fifth civilian governor of Anambra state in March 2022, held a town hall meeting last weekend, to celebrate his first year in office. Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, chairman of the elders’ forum of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, among other dignitaries,...
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FACT CHECK: Is it true that there was no violence in Lagos guber poll as Adamu Garba claims?
Adamu Garba, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has claimed that there was no violence during the 2023 governorship and house of assembly elections in Lagos state. Garba made the statement in a tweet posted on the election day, Saturday, March 18, 2023. “I’m currently in Lagos & I can tell you...
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FACT CHECK: Does image show Princess Oyefusi, Rhodes-Vivour’s running mate for Lagos guber?
Ahead of the March 18 guber poll across 28 states of the federation, an image has been making the rounds alongside claims that it shows the deputy governorship candidate of the Labour party, Princess Islamiyat Oyefusi. The picture, which shows a lady smoking at an event has been shared across social media with various claims,...