Crime Facts

FactCheck: No evidence shows that Israel’s airstrike in Lebanon, targeted French oil facilities as Simon Ekpa claimed

G Claim A Biafra secessionist, Simon Ekpa, and other X users have claimed that an airstrike by Israeli forces in Beirut (Lebanon) targeted French oil facilities. Verdict This claim is UNPROVEN. Credible international news organizations posted this same video and the areas targeted but didn’t confirm that any French oil facility in Beirut, was bombed by the Israeli […]

FactCheck: President Tinubu lied, his administration didn’t clear Ways and Means debt of over N30trn

Claim President Bola Ahmed Tinubu claimed his administration has cleared the ways and means of debt of over N30trn. Verdict This claim by Nigeria’s leader is FALSE. Ways and Means debt was added in the official debt stock of Nigeria as bonds. In June 2024, Nigeria’s Debt Management Office said that the securitization of N4.90 trillion as part of […]

FALSE! ThisDay front page story of Uzodimma declaring free marriage between Fulani Settlers and Imo ladies, first surfaced in 2021

GEN The ThisDay newspaper front page with headline that Imo governor, Hope Uzodimma declared free marriage between Fulani Settlers and Imo ladies, has continued to circulate on WhatsApp groups since Sunday. Dated August 27,2021,the headline of the edition was verbose: Shocking: Uzodimma Declares Free Marriage Between Fulani Settlers and Imo Ladies ….Promises to pay bride […]

FactCheck: Saudi Arabia hasn’t prohibited Imams from offering prayers for Palestine

Claim X users have claimed that Saudi Arabia banned Imams from offering prayers for Palestine. Verdict This claim is FALSE. Showing its continuous support for Palestine, on 27 September, Saudi Arabia launched a new international initiative aimed at securing the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. Full Text X users have claimed that Saudi Arabia banned Imams from […]

FactCheck: Nairaland publishes false claim that President Tinubu submitted Regional System of Government bill

Claim Nairaland Forum and social media users shared a letter that claimed President Bola submitted a bill for the Regional System of government to the National Assembly. Verdict This claim is FALSE. In June, the House of Representatives clarified that there was no bill before it seeking Nigeria’s return to regional government either as a private member […]

FactCheck: Did Police, ISEC, Civil Defence refuse to issue press statements before Imo LG elections?

Claim A Facebook user, Kissinger Ikeokwu, claimed that the Police, ISEC, Commissioner For Information and Civil Defence didn’t issue press statements a day before the Imo LG elections. Verdict Summary According to the Facebook post, claim 1,2 and 4 are FALSE. Credible news reports confirmed that these security agencies and the electoral body in Imo issued […]

FOLLOW: Nigerian Fact Checkers Coalition Counters Many False Claims Ahead Of Saturday’s Edo Governorship Election

By Nigerian Fact-checkers’ Coalition. A Team of journalists, researchers, fact-checkers, social media monitors, editors, and OSINT experts drawn from the coalition partners, are working from the Nigerian Fact-checkers’ Coalition’s (NFC) Election Situation Rooms located in Abuja and Lagos, to debunk election-related misinformation and disinformation content targeted at causing voter apathy, inciting violence or influencing the outcome […]