CLAIM: Tinubu Did Not Build Any Hospital During Tenure as Lagos Governor A trending claim on X says that Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu who is an ex-governor of Lagos state did not build any hospital during his tenure.The post retweets a Daily Champion news report, with the headlines: “Lagos set to inaugurate first General Hospital […]
Has The Federal Government Ordered The Arrest of Rivers State Governor For Disobeying President Tinubu?
Has The Federal Government Ordered The Arrest of Rivers State Governor For Disobeying President Tinubu? On March 19, 2025 a Facebookuser @PromzymarineIgwe posted a video with the caption: “Breaking news: federal government have just arrested Rivers state governor Sim Fubara for disobeying president Tinubu Asiwaju”. The 8 minute video showed police operatives firing water cannons […]
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 […]
Did The Federal Government Approve the Construction of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Polytechnic in Abuja, Nigeria?
Did The Federal Government Approve the Construction of Bola Ahmed Tinubu Polytechnic in Abuja, Nigeria? On January 22, 2025, a TikTok user, @celebritylove_12345 posted a commentary video saying that the federal government of Nigeria has approved the construction of a polytechnic in Gwarimpa, Abuja which will be named after the current president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. […]
CLAIM: Donald Trump announced that Nigerians would no longer need visas to visit USA
CLAIM: A YouTuber, MC Bobby Productions, posted a video claiming that former U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Nigerians would no longer need visas to enter the United States.
VERDICT: The video is a FALSE, it is an AI-generated deepfake.
