On May 22, 2024, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) posted on their verified Instagram page that Shehu Shagari is the only Nigerian leader to make a state visit to the United States (US). He was said to have met Ronald Reagan, the then-president of the US. On the same day, an X user (formerly Twitter),...
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FACT CHECK: Did ex-Nigerian president Buhari admit that cabals hijacked his government?
Alli Ndume, a federal lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has claimed in a recent interview on national television that the former president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, recently admitted that some individuals in power hijacked his government. Ndume, who doubles as the deputy chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, stated...
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FACT CHECK: Did Buhari, Dabiri describe Nigerians as lazy, cultists and drug dealers?
Controversies have trailed the remarks made by Ayo Mairo-Ese, an Arise News journalist, while she was speaking on a live television program. While reacting to the trending issue of Emdee Tiamiyu, a Nigerian who told the BBC that Nigerians are migrating to study in the UK under false pretenses, Mairo-Ese said Tiamiyu’s utterance followed 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,...
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FACT CHECK: Garba Sheu releases press statement with multiple claims
On May 16, 2023, The Guardian released a news article titled “Buhari leaves inflation at highest in 17 years.” The report showed that headline inflation has risen to 22.22% which is the highest in 17 years. The Guardian news report quoted the last consumer price index (CPI), released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)....
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FACT CHECK: Fayose makes false claim about votes polled by Buhari in Katsina
Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State, has claimed that incumbent Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), polled 1,279,000 votes in Katsina during the 2019 presidential election. Fayose, a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stated this on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, when featured on TVC’s Your View. Advancing...
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FACT CHECK: Tinubu supporters make multiple false claims on fuel scarcity under PDP, APC govts
As Nigeria’s general elections draw closer, controversies have continued to trail the lingering scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol across the country. Following the emergence of fuel scarcity which led to long queues at filling stations in major cities across the country, the Independent Petroleum Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), said...
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FACT CHECK: Oshiomhole makes false claim about Buhari’s 1984 naira redesign policy
Adams Oshiomhole, deputy director-general of operations for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, has claimed that there was no withdrawal limit when Nigeria’s currency was redesigned in 1984. This is coming in the heat of the latest naira swap policy following the announcement by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release newly...
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FACT CHECK: How true are Naja’atu Muhammad’s claims about Buhari, Shettima?
Naja’atu Muhammad, a former member of the presidential campaign council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has made numerous claims about her former party and members of the party. Muhammad, who recently left the party and met Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was on Arise News on January 26, 2023 to...