Fact-Check

Adebayo Abdul Rahman13 Jun 2021
Factcheck: No, Buhari Did Not Lift 10.5 Million Nigerians Out Of Poverty In Two Years
Claim Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday, June 12, 2021, claimed that his administration had lifted 10.5 million Nigerians out of poverty in the last two years. The president made the claim while highlighting the successes and challenges his administration has faced in his Democracy Day speech. “In the last two years we lifted 10.5 […]
Read More
Kunle Adebajo28 Apr 2021
Factcheck: Video Of Rapid Gunfire Not Filmed During Boko Haram Invasion Of Niger State
An 18-seconds-long video has been making the rounds on Nigerian social media, purportedly showing young men in the country firing machine guns and a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) into the air and shouting Allahu Akbar (Allah is the greatest). But checks show the video is not recent and it originated from another part of the world. […]
Read More