Samad UTHMAN

Samad Uthman is a multimedia journalist with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting. He tweets @sarmerdk2 and can be shot through suthman@icirnigeria.org

Picture claiming Queen Elizabeth wrote a condolence letter to Nigeria over Buhari’s death resurfaces, but it’s fake

Claim The Queen of the United Kingdom, Her Royal Majesty, Elizabeth II wrote a condolence letter to the Nigerian government...

Viral Video suggesting ASUU chairman was slapped is FALSE

CLAIM That ASUU and federal government meeting ended in an altercation, and ASUU chairman, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, was slapped. VERDICT The claim...
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FACT-CHECK: Pictures of 2017 violence in Ibadan used to depict clash between SARS officers and protesters in Enugu

ON October 6, a Twitter user @OurPortHarcourt posted pictures of a fire-ravaged police station, claiming that the station was...

REPORT: ASUU strike and deafness of the Nigerian Govt

ON 23rd of March 2020, Biodun Ogunyemi, the national president of  Academic Staff of Universities Union (ASUU) rose from...
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Fact-checking attacks on Zulum and the misleading video in circulation

A TWITTER user @von_Bismack uploaded a video clip of a tense atmosphere, showing a face-off between two parties where...

Are prices of food items ‘coming down’ as claimed by Garba Shehu?

GARBA Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant for Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, claimed on Friday, September 11th ...
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