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Did Nigeria record lowest terrorism attacks in decade?

Nurudeen AKEWUSHOLA
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Did Nigeria record lowest terrorism attacks in decade?

AN X user, Mohammed Jammal (@whitenigerian), has claimed that Nigeria recorded the lowest terrorism attacks in the last 10 years while citing an infographic attributed to Channels TV.

He posted the claim along the photos of Nuhu Ribadu, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA); General Christopher Musa, Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and the infographic which was reportedly from the 2025 Global Terrorism Index by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).

“Terrorist attacks in Nigeria at its lowest in over a decade,” the caption on his X post read.

The post has garnered over 250,000 views, with more than 700 reposts and over 2,500 likes as of March 12, 2025.

CLAIM

Nigeria recorded the lowest terrorism attacks in a decade.

THE FINDINGS

Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is TRUE, according to the 2025 GTI.

The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) is a comprehensive study analysing the impact of terrorism for 163 countries, covering 99.7 per cent of the world’s population.

Produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) using data from Terrorism Tracker and other sources, the GTI produces a composite score to provide an ordinal ranking of countries on the impact of terrorism. The GTI scores each country on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 represents no impact from terrorism and 10 represents the highest measurable impact of terrorism.

Year Incidents Deaths Injured
2024 99 565 177
2023 145 524 89
2022 120 385 147
2021 204 448 161
2020 – – –
2019 411 1245 419
2018 562 2040 772
2017 411 1532 852
2016 466 1832 919
2015 588 4940 2786
2014 662 7512 2246

Figures for Nigeria in the Global Terrorism Index, 2014 – 2024 reports. Source: GTI.

According to its latest ranking, released on March 5, 2025, Nigeria recorded 99 terrorism incidents in 2024, which is lower than the 145 incidents recorded in 2023. This is the lowest number of terror attacks recorded since 2014, according to previous Global Terrorism Index reports of the last 10 years reviewed by The FactCheckHub.

However, the number of deaths as a result of terrorism was 565, which is higher than the 524 and 385 recorded in 2023 and 2022, respectively. This was also reported by Channels TV on March 10, 2025.

However, the country rises in ranking to sixth in 2024 from eighth place it was in 2023 and 2022, among the top 10 countries most impacted by terrorism in the world.

The 2025 GTI report shows that while attacks in Nigeria decreased by 37 per cent, deaths from terrorism continue to rise, increasing by six per cent to 565 in 2024, and thus marking the highest death toll since 2020 due to ongoing conflict between Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram.

GTI
CREDITS: 2025 GTI report.

Together, fatalities attributed to these groups accounted for nearly 60 percent of all terrorism-related deaths in the country.

Five terror attacks that occurred in Nigeria in 2024 were also ranked among the world’s 50 most devastating.

The attacks, which took place in Yobe and Borno states, were carried out by Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province and ranked 7th, 9th, 24th, 30th, and 33rd on the global list in the report.

According to the report, the deadliest of the Nigerian attacks occurred on September 1, 2024, in Yobe State, when 100 people were killed in an armed assault by Boko Haram.

The attack was ranked the seventh-worst terrorist incident globally in 2024.

Another major attack took place on April 24, 2024, in Borno State, where 85 people lost their lives in an ISWAP-led armed attack. The attack was ranked ninth globally.

Other attacks in Nigeria listed in the report include an ISWAP attack on September 1, 2024, in Yobe, which resulted in 37 deaths and was ranked 24th; a jihadist attack in Borno on May 26, 2024, that claimed 30 lives and was ranked 30th; and a bombing by an unidentified jihadist group on June 29, 2024, in Borno, which also killed 30 people and was ranked 33rd among the world’s 50 most devastating incidents.

THE VERDICT

The claim that Nigeria recorded the lowest terrorism attacks in a decade is TRUE. However, the country shifted in ranking to 6th among the top 10 most impacted by terrorism from 8th position it was in 2022 and 2023, accounting for a very high number of deaths and some of the most devastating terrorism incidents in the world.

This report is republished from the FactCheckHub.

NCAA aborts 90-day suspension for Max Air, clears airline to resume operations

Ehime ALEX
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NCAA aborts 90-day suspension for Max Air, clears airline to resume operations

THE Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said it had cleared Max Air to resume domestic operations after suspending the airline for 90 days to carry out a safety audit.

The resumption notice was contained in a statement released at midnight of Monday, March 17, by the NCAA’s Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu.

It said, “Following the successful completion of an economic and safety audit, the Director-General, Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has approved Max Air to resume its domestic flight operations.”

The NCAA suspended Max Air operations on January 31.

The suspension followed an incident involving one of its aircraft at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.

A Max Air aircraft, B734, with registration 5N-MBD, on landing at the Kano Airport at about 10:51 pm, reportedly suffered a wheel landing gear collapse and a tyre burst.

Six crew members and 53 passengers were onboard, but none suffered any major injuries during the incident.

The NCAA said Max Air suspended its operations to allow for an internal appraisal of its operations by its management.

“Max Air voluntarily suspended its domestic operations for 90 days after a series of incidents on its flights.

“This decision, effective from midnight on January 31, 2025, was welcomed by the NCAA,” the agency stated.

During the suspension period, the NCAA said it conducted a thorough safety and economic audit of the airline.

“The safety audit involved a comprehensive re-inspection of Max Air’s organisation, procedures, personnel, and aircraft, in line with the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations 2023.

“This audit took place from 26th to 28th February 2025. Given the results of the audit, which confirm Max Air’s capacity to sustain safe flight operations, the airline will resume domestic flights, effective from midnight on March 17, 2025,” the Aviation authority said.

The NCAA promised to continue to monitor Max Air closely through an enhanced surveillance programme to ensure strict compliance with its regulations.

It added that it would remain committed to ensuring that all airlines adhere to the highest safety standards for the continued well-being of the aviation industry.

Explosion rocks Trans Niger Pipeline in Rivers

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Explosion rocks Trans Niger Pipeline in Rivers

A HUGE explosion rocked a section of the Trans Niger Pipeline in Bodo Community, Gonna Local Government Area of Rivers State on Monday, March 17.

The blast occurred late in the night around the Bodo-Bonny Road currently under construction.

Balls of fire spread rapidly through the mangrove, with thick black smoke billowing in the air, as seen in videos of the explosion that surfaced online in the early hours of Tuesday, March 18.

The fire affects the Trans-Niger Pipeline (TNP), a critical oil supply line serving the Bonny Export Terminal in Rivers State.

The cause of the explosion remains unknown as of press time.

Some groups had recently threatened to attack oil installations in the Niger-Delta region in response to the Supreme Court ruling which directed the Federal Government to withhold Rivers State’s allocation amid the political stalemate in the state.

In a chat with The ICIR, the police spokesperson in the state, Grace Iringe-Koko, could not immediately confirm the cause of the fire. She promised to get back to this organisation after making enquiries. 

The ICIR reported that the political crisis in Rivers State climaxed on Monday when the House of Assembly served the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, a notice of gross misconduct.

The House members, who have been at loggerheads with the governor, claimed the accusation was in tandem with the Nigerian Constitution.

The lawmakers accused Fubara of misusing public funds, obstructing the Assembly, and making unauthorised appointments without proper screening and confirmation.

Others include the withholding lawmakers’ salaries, allowances, and seizure of salaries of the Assembly’s clerk, Emeka Amadi.

They also accused the deputy governor of plotting and supporting the illegal appointment into offices/positions in the Rivers State Government without following due process. 

Recall that the power struggle between the governor and the Amaewhule-led Assembly reached its peak after the Supreme Court’s judgment, which ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Attorney General of the Federation to withhold Rivers State’s statutory allocation.

It also annulled the recent local government election conducted in the state by Fubara.

Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, currently the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have been at loggerheads over who controls the PDP structure in the state.

Wike revokes nearly 5,000 land titles over alleged 40 years of unpaid ground rent

Nanji Nandang VENLEY
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Wike revokes nearly 5,000 land titles over alleged 40 years of unpaid ground rent

THE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has approved the revocation of 4,794 land titles in the nation’s capital due to alleged non-payment of ground rent for over 40 years.

The minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, and the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Director of Lands, Chijioke Nwankwoeze, disclosed this at a press briefing on Monday, March 17.

Olayinka noted that the revocation followed multiple publications and announcements on broadcast media by the FCT Administration since 2023, adding that payment of ground rents was backed by extant laws.

“It is important to state that payment of ground rent on landed properties in the FCT is founded on extant legislation. It is clearly stipulated in the terms and conditions of the grant of right of occupancy, and it is due for payment on the first day of January, each year, without demand” he said.

He explained that failing to pay ground rent violated the terms and conditions of the rights of occupancy, as stated in Section 28, Subsections 5(a) and (b) of the Land Use Act.

“Consequently, the titles of the properties in default of payment of ground rent for 10 years and above have been revoked forthwith” he said.

However, he explained that a 21-day grace period had been granted to defaulting titleholders who had yet to pay from one and ten years.

According to him “in the Central Area, Garki I and II, Wuse I and II, Asokoro, Maitama, and Guzape, a total of 8,375 property owners have failed to pay ground rent for the past 43 years.

“As of the end of 2024 and up till today, a total of N6,967,980,119 is owed as ground rent by 8,375 property owners. In other words, a total of 8,375 property owners have not paid ground rent up to last year, 2024.

“A total of 4,794 land titles are in default of ground rent payment for 10 years and above. Meaning that in the listed districts, 4,794 property owners have not paid ground rent in the last 10 years” Nwankwoeze explained.

In December 2024, The ICIR reported that Wike revoked ownership of 762 plots of land in Abuja’s upscale Maitama district due to non-payment of statutory fees which affected notable figures like former President Muhammadu Buhari and former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen.

 

 

 

Headline inflation drops to 23.18% in February

Ehime ALEX
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Headline inflation drops to 23.18% in February

NIGERIA’s headline inflation declined for the second consecutive time to 23.18 per cent in February, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said.

It disclosed this in its latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Monday, March 17.

The data shows that headline inflation eased to 23.18 per cent in February from 24.48 per cent in January.

Inflation had fallen sharply from 34.80 per cent in December 2024 to 24.48 per cent in January this year.

A look at the movement indicates that the inflation rate decreased by 1.30 per cent in February relative to the January figure.

It was the first major drop in over a decade after the NBS made 2024 its base year instead of 2009 used previously.

On a year-on-year basis, headline inflation dropped by 8.52 per cent when compared to 31.70 per cent recorded in February 2024.

Food inflation, a key driver of the headline rate, also dropped to 23.51 per cent compared to 26.08 per cent in January.

This does not necessarily mean that the prices of commodities have dropped sharply as a recent interview published by The ICIR spotlighted that the cost of living has remained high.

In 2024, inflation rose to a 28-year high after President Bola Tinubu removed petrol subsidy and devalued the Nigerian currency.

At its first rate-setting meeting of the year in February, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) decided to leave its key interest rate at 27.5 per cent after six hikes last year.

The ICIR reported that the inflation rate began to decline in January after the NBS rebased the Nigerian economy.

The CPI rebasing means updating the reference year used to gauge price levels in the country by essentially changing the basket of goods and services used to measure inflation to better reflect current consumer spending patterns and ensure the inflation data accurately reflects the economy’s current state.

Unlike in the past, where the base year was 2009, the NBS now set the base year to 2024, which means comparing prices in 2025 with prices in 2024 instead of 2009.

The CPI data provides the needed information for the government, firms, and households to make informed decisions on matters related to price levels and changes in prices.

It involves replacing outdated items with new ones that better represent what people currently buy, according to the NBS.

‘Terrible president’: Sowore accompanies Lagos corps member to NYSC office

Bankole ABE
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‘Terrible president’: Sowore accompanies Lagos corps member to NYSC office

PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general election, Omoyele Sowore, has accompanied the National Youth Service Corps member Ushie Rita Uguamaye, also known as Raye, whose video criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration went viral last weekend, to the NYSC office.

The human rights activist, in a video shared on X earlier on Monday March 17, disclosed that Uguamaye was scheduled to appear before the LGI (Local Government Inspector) on Monday and he would escort her to the office in the company of some lawyers.

After the visit, Sowore in another post on X revealed that they did not meet anyone at the LGI office when they visited.

“We arrived at the Eti-Osa LGI offices of the National Youth Service Corps with youth corper, Ushie Rita Uguamaye, in Lagos.

“She is scheduled to appear before the LGI today, and we escorted her to their offices with attorneys Festus Ogun, Adeyinka Oyesomi, and Ojienoh Justice, but LGI officials had absconded, failing to show up throughout our stay. We will be back,” he posted.

The ICIR reported that Uguamaye raised concerns about her safety after allegedly receiving threats following a viral video in which she criticised Tinubu’s administration over rising inflation and hardship faced by Nigerians.

In the widely circulated video posted on her Instagram page, Uguamaye, @iamraye__, voiced her frustration over the worsening cost of living in Nigeria, claiming she couldn’t afford basic needs with the N33,000 she got monthly as an allowance from the NYSC.

While questioning what the Tinubu government was doing to ease the suffering faced by Nigerians, she dubbed Tinubu as a ‘terrible’ president.

“I don’t know if there is any other president that is as terrible as you, but you are such a terrible president,” she said.

She lamented how prices of goods and services continued to soar, recalling that a crate of eggs, which she once bought for N800, now costs N6,500. 

She also highlighted the financial burden of electricity and security bills, the high cost of transportation, and the deteriorating living conditions in the country.

The video has long gone viral, with many praising her while some insulted her for criticising the president.

Among those who backed her outburst against hardship in the country is the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 poll, Peter Obi.

Following the video’s widespread circulation, the corps member, in a new video posted on her Instagram @iamraye__, claimed she had received threats, allegedly from NYSC officials. 

Backing up her claim, she posted another video where she appeared to be receiving a phone call from an official.

The ICIR reports that since assuming office in May 2023, President Tinubu has embarked on a series of economic reforms aimed at stabilising the nation’s economy. 

These measures, which include the removal of subsidies from petrol, exchange rate unification, and increased reliance on food importation to lower consumer prices, have been highly criticised as inflation, food prices, and the cost of living remained high.

Despite signing the new minimum wage of N70,000 into law in June 2024, which is expected to be reflected in the allowances of serving corps members, the Tinubu government has yet to begin its implementation for the NYSC.

Corps members across the country have continued to live on N33,000 they receive monthly as allowance from the Federal Government, except for lucky ones who get additional allowances in the states where they serve and their places of primary assignment.

Former Lagos PDP governorship candidate Jandor defects to APC

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Former Lagos PDP governorship candidate Jandor defects to APC

A FORMER Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has announced his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

His defection to the APC comes just two weeks after he resigned from the PDP.

Jandor officially announced his defection at a press conference in Ikeja on Monday, March 17.

He recently met with key political figures, including President Bola Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, after quitting the PDP.

His spokesperson, Gbenga Ogunleye, confirmed that Jandor’s meeting with Tinubu was part of his consultations with political leaders.

Jandor was the governorship candidate of the PDP in the 2023 Lagos State governorship election. He emerged as the party’s candidate after defeating other aspirants in the primaries.

A former APC member and founder of the Lagos4Lagos Movement, Jandor positioned himself as one of the viable alternatives to challenge the long-standing APC leadership in Lagos State.

In his bid to stop Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s re-election, Jandor chose popular Nollywood actress and producer Funke Akindele as his running mate during the 2023 election.

However, despite putting in their best, the Jandor-Akindele ticket faced significant hurdles, including internal party conflicts that almost derailed their campaign.

They eventually came third in the poll – behind Sanwo-Olu and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP)

In March 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Sanwo-Olu the election winner.

Sanwo-Olu got 762,134 votes to beat Rhodes-Vivour of the LP, who scored 312,329 votes, while Jandor came third with 62,449 votes.

Trump meets Putin over Ukraine war on Tuesday

Nanji Nandang VENLEY
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Trump meets Putin over Ukraine war on Tuesday

UNITED States President Donald Trump has announced plans to discuss ending the war in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, March 18.

“We want to see if we can bring that war to an end,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One during a late flight back to Washington from Florida.

“Maybe we can, maybe we can’t, but I think we have a very good chance. I’ll be speaking to President Putin on Tuesday. A lot of work’s been done over the weekend,” he added.

The ICIR reported on March 14, that Putin expressed support for the US proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine but emphasised that fighting could not stop until several key conditions were met.

Putin’s support for the planned ceasefire came after Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, held talks on Thursday, March 13, with Russians in Moscow on the US 30-day ceasefire proposal, which Kyiv agreed to last week.

Even though the Kremlin said on Friday that Putin had sent a message to Trump regarding his ceasefire plan to end the three-year conflict, in separate appearances on Sunday TV shows in the US, Witkoff, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, stressed that there were significant challenges to confront before Russia would agree to a ceasefire.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that he saw a good chance to end the conflict after Kyiv accepted the US proposal for a 30-day interim ceasefire.

However, Zelenskiy has consistently said that the sovereignty of his country is not negotiable and that Russia must surrender the territory it has seized from Ukraine.

The ICIR reported that Russia seized the Crimea peninsula in 2014 and now controls most of four eastern Ukrainian regions since it invaded the country in 2022.

 

Rivers Assembly accuses Fubara, deputy of gross misconduct

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Rivers Assembly accuses Fubara, deputy of gross misconduct

THE Rivers State House of Assembly has served the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his deputy, Ngozi Odu, a notice of gross misconduct.

The House members, who have been at loggerheads with the governor, claimed the accusation was in accordance with the Nigerian Constitution.

Twenty-six members of the Assembly raised the allegation in a notice sent to the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule.

Lawmakers accused Fubara of misusing public funds, obstructing the Assembly, and making unauthorised appointments without proper screening and confirmation.

Other allegations against the government include withholding the lawmakers’ salaries, allowances, and seizure of salaries of the Assembly’s clerk, Emeka Amadi.

They also accused the deputy governor of plotting and supporting the illegal appointment into offices/positions in the Rivers State Government without following due process.

Upon receipt of the notice, Amaewhule forwarded it to Fubara.

Amaewhule urged the governor to respond to the accusations according to Section 188(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended)

The ICIR reported on Friday, March 14, that the Rivers State House of Assembly adjourned sitting indefinitely amid its rift with the state government led by Fubara.

The House’s decision to adjourn legislative duties indefinitely was taken during plenary, presided over by Amaewhule.

The action came hours after Fubara wrote to the Speaker, informing him of his plan to re-present the 2025 appropriation bill for consideration and approval.

Fubara, in the letter, recalled his failed attempt to re-present the budget on March 12.

The governor’s attempt to re-present the budget complied with a recent Supreme Court judgment on the political impasse in the state.

The ICIR reported that drama unfolded on Wednesday, March 12, at the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters when Fubara arrived to re-present the 2025 budget, only to find the entrance gate locked.

Security personnel had secured the gates as the governor’s convoy arrived, claiming that a lack of official communication between the governor and the Assembly was responsible for their action.

With the action, the Rivers Assembly has ignored Fubara three times since the Supreme Court’s ruling.

On Sunday, March 9, this organisation reported that the governor invited the Assembly members to a meeting at his office to enable him to address several issues, including payment of the lawmakers’ salaries and allowances since he stopped recognising them after their defection from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Assembly ignored the invitation.

They also shunned his planned re-presentation of the 2025 budget on Wednesday, March 12.

Recall that the power struggle between the governor and the Amaewhule-led Assembly reached its peak after the Supreme Court’s judgment, which ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Attorney General of the Federation to suspend Rivers State’s statutory allocation.

The Supreme Court, in a judgment, affirmed the leadership of the Amaewhule-led Assembly, dismissing Fubara’s appeal challenging the leadership. The court also ordered the governor to pay N2 million to the lawmakers.

The judgment invalidated the previous budget presentation by Fubara to a splinter faction of the Assembly.

The court deemed Fubara’s presentation of an appropriation bill before a small faction of the Assembly as absurd.

It also annulled the recent local government election conducted in the state by Fubara.

Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, currently the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have been at loggerheads over who controls the PDP structure in the state.

Video does not show Remi Tinubu fighting with Dino Melaye

Abdullahi MURITALA
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Video does not show Remi Tinubu fighting with Dino Melaye

AN X user, @prudenceoflago3, has posted a video purportedly showing Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, engaging in a fisticuffs and heated exchange with a former Kogi Senator, Dino Melaye, when they were both in the National Assembly.

The video is being circulated in connection with recent remarks by the First Lady over allegations of sexual harassment involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the controversy surrounding the Senate’s seating arrangement.

The post was shared alongside a caption thus:

“in case APC urchins have forgotten their first lady remi tinubu fought dirty in the Senate stripping Dino melaye naked because of small issues…

The Akpabio led senate is now worst that one could think of! Ahmed lawan was a joke”

The post has generated over 270,000 views with more than 3,000 likes, plus over 2,600 reposts and more than 300 comments as of March 16, 2025.

CLAIM

Video shows Oluremi Tinubu in a fisticuffs with Dino Melaye in the Senate.

THE FINDINGS

Checks by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is MISLEADING, as the video does not show Oluremi Tinubu and Dino Melaye involved in any fisticuffs.

Screenshot of the post retrieved from X. INSERT: MISLEADING verdict.

The video in the claim resurfaced following widespread criticism of Tinubu when she commented on Natasha’s sexual allegation against Nigeria’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

During a recent TV appearance on AriseNews, Natasha accused Akpabio of inappropriate conduct, sparking national rage and calls for a thorough investigation. In response, Tinubu reportedly stated that the Senate is a “matured chamber” where “things like that” should not be heard, emphasizing that the institution should be treated with respect. She further advised women to assert themselves to prevent men from addressing them inappropriately.

To verify the claim, our researcher observed that the video shared was very blurry that one could hardly identify the people in the footage. The only easily established concept in the video is the setting of the National Assembly.

When our researcher ran keywords search “Lawmakers fought in the National Assembly” on Google search, it led to a Channels TV video that showed the original footage. The video depicts PDP lawmakers engaged in a brawl in the House of Representatives in 2013 over emergence of factions within the party.

The woman identified from the video is Binta Masi Garba, a lawmaker from Kaduna State and the then leader of the pro-Baraje nPDP faction. The man with whom she engaged in a fisticuffs and whose cloth was torn was Afeez Adelowo Onaara, a lawmaker from Oyo State.

According to a news report that also confirms the fisticuffs, the 2013 crisis within the then Nigeria’s ruling political party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was marked by internal leadership disputes, disagreements over power rotation, and dissatisfaction with the party’s administration led by Bamanga Tukur. Tensions escalated when seven governors of G7 and other prominent members staged a walkout during the party’s national convention and formed a faction known as the New PDP (nPDP), which was led by Abubakar Kawu Baraje.

Additionally, our researcher observed that the fisticuffs happened in the lower chamber of the National Assembly while Oluremi Tinubu and Dino Melaye were senators in the upper chambers.

THE VERDICT

The claim that the video shows Oluremi Tinubu in a fisticuffs with Dino Melaye is MISLEADING, as the footage actually depicts PDP members Binta Masi and Afeez Adelowo engaging in a confrontation in the lower chamber over PDP factions in 2013.

This report is republished from the FactCheckHub.

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