Fact-checking Kwara State Government’s Statement Over Non-Existent N800m Ranch Project The Kwara State Government has said that it did not spend any N800 million on a livestock ranch at Malete, Moro LGA. The commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Oloruntoyosi Thomas in a press release on February 12, 2025, said that the state government had […]
Did The U.S. Government Sign a Death Penalty Law For Illegal Immigrants?
Did The U.S. Government Sign a Death Penalty Law For Illegal Immigrants? On February 8, 2025, a TikTok user, @teawithcarson posted a video stating that the US government justice department released a memo reinstating the death penalty for federal crimes. a long list of crimes that warrants the death penalty was also shared and illegal […]
CLAIM: Former Governor El-Rufai Removed 300 District Heads and Traditional Chiefs While His Successor Reinstated Them
CLAIM: Former Governor El-Rufai Removed 300 District Heads and Traditional Chiefs While His Successor Reinstated Them Umoh Umoh There is a circulating claim that the former governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai ousted over 300 district heads and traditional chiefs/kings in southern Kaduna On February 9, 2025, the claim was shared on X by […]
Was Over 5 Billion Dollars And Gold Discovered in Former President Buhari’s New York Residence?
Was Over 5 Billion Dollars And Gold Discovered in Former President Buhari’s New York Residence? There has been a claim on X that over 5 billion Dollars in cash and gold worth about 700 million Dollars was discovered in the home of former president, Muhammadu Buhari in New York by the Federal Bureau of Intelligence, […]
Is it True That 600,000 Nigerian Students Have Benefited From The 104 Billion Naira Student Loan?
Is it True That 600,000 Nigerian Students Have Benefited From The 104 Billion Naira Student Loan? The Federal Government has declared that over 600,000 students have received loans worth 104 billion Naira. The claim which was posted on January 31, 2025, by a popular verified handle, Naija PR, has the caption: “600, 000 students have […]
Has President Tinubu Started The Deportation Process For 700 U.S Citizens In Nigeria?
Has President Tinubu Started The Deportation Process For 700 U.S Citizens In Nigeria? On January 25, 2025, a TikTok user @realcelebrityblogger posted a screenshot from their X account claiming that the president of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has started the process of deporting 700 U.S citizens living in Nigeria and the ban on the use […]
Is Sheikh Gumi a Terrorist Founder That Urged Government to Arm Igbo Youths Against IPOB?
Is Sheikh Gumi a Terrorist Founder That Urged Government to Arm Igbo Youths Against IPOB? On January 28, 2025, a Facebook page, Biafrans View Channel put up a post claiming that controversial islamic leader, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi is one of the terrorist founders and leaders in Nigeria and he has asked the Nigerian government to […]
Has President Trump Announced Continuation of HIV Pills Funding for Some African Countries?
On January 31, 2025, a TikTok user @chinedu_newspage, posted a commentary video saying that the U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the continuation of fundings for HIV pills and medications in some African countries. The user also claimed that the money from the fundings is 500 million dollars. As of press time, this post has […]
Did Russia’s Putin Interfere in DR Congo’s Ongoing War?
Did Russia’s Putin Interfere in DR Congo’s Ongoing War? There has been a circulating claim on X that Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for the unity of African nations in resolving the ongoing conflict in DR Congo. The claim which had a blurry image of the Russian president, Vladmir Putin and his Rwanda counterpart, […]
Fact-Checking U.S. Travel Ban on Nigeria and Three Other Claims
A Facebook post by Igbo Times Magazine published on January 24, 2025 stated that President Bola Tinubu has pulled Nigeria from the U.S. stocks, closed the country’s embassy in the U.S., and blocked sale of oil to the United States in response to Trump’s travel ban on Nigerians. The post which had a picture of […]