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FACT-CHECK: Claim about snow in Lagos is FALSE

A VIDEO clip shared on July 8 by Sahara Reporters has gone viral on social media. The footage headlined:...

FACT-CHECK: Was Ize-Iyamu arraigned in Court for allegedly ‘looting’ N700m?

ON July 6, a Twitter user claimed that the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the September 19 Edo State election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu was arraigned in court in 2018 for looting a sum of N700million.

FACT-CHECK: Report on Thompson Oliha’s death MISLEADING

ON Sunday, July 5, 2020, City People Magazine reported the death of Thompson Oliha, with the headline, "Former Super Eagles Star, Thompson Oliha is Dead."

Was Access Bank in Onne, Rivers State shut down due to COVID-19 infection?

A viral voice note on WhatsApp last June claimed that Access Bank in Onne, Rivers State has been shut down due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
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FACT-CHECK: Claim that NCDC will pay Nigerians to meet domestic needs due to COVID-19 is FALSE

A viral WhatsApp message, which says the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is providing monetary palliative to all Nigerians to cushion the impact of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), is FALSE.

FACT-CHECK: Was N-Power website hacked and applicants’ BVN exposed?

ON Friday, June 26, Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant on New Media to Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari announced on his verified Twitter handle @BashirAhmaad the reopening of a new batch of the N-Power Social Intervention Programme of the current administration.

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