Category: FACT CHECK

Fact-Check: How Did Nnamdi Kanu Escape From Nigeria?

By Ifeoma Okereke

In FACT CHECK

On September 22, 2019

There is still controversy on how Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, escaped from Nigeria when the Nigerian military raided his home in Umuahia, Abia State on September 2017. Twenty eight people, including Kanu’s cousin and dog, were killed during the military invasion. IPOB had alleged that the military abducted […]

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Nigeria: A Nation In Reverse Separatism

By Ifeoma Okereke

On September 21, 2019

Calls for the rebirth of the defunct Republic of Biafra have been increasingly heard on the streets of Nigeria in recent times. Following the reunification of Nigeria and Biafra in 1970, the world loo

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General Abdulsalami Critically Ill, In London Hospital?

By Ifeoma Okereke

On September 20, 2019

Abdulsalami Abubakar, retired general and former head of state, is in Minna, his home town in Niger state, and not in any hospital in the UK, TheCable reports. Following trending reports on the intern

FACT-CHECK: Wike Didn’t Demolish Mosque In Rivers State

By Ifeoma Okereke

In FACT CHECK

On August 31, 2019

Contrary to the report of the alleged demolition of the mosque in Rivers state, a finding by DAILY TIME TV, revealed that no mosque was demolished in the state. The Rivers state government demolished illegal structures, erected, without the approval of the state government, on a government-owned land proposed for project. Investigation revealed that those […]

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Taraba ‘kidnap kingpin’ paid N1.5m for a soldier, captain ordered murder of 3 policemen — Report

By Ifeoma Okereke

On August 11, 2019

Soldiers who opened fire on three policemen in Taraba state were ordered by a captain, New Telegraph quoted sources as saying. The senior military officer is believed to be part of those benefiting fr

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The First British People Were Actually Black

By Ifeoma Okereke

On July 16, 2019

A DNA sample from a 10,000-year-old skeleton discovered in Gough Cave near Cheddar Gorge, England, offers a remarkable revelation: the first modern British people had “dark brown to black skin.” A

Fact Check: Why Buhari suspended cattle settlement project

By Ifeoma Okereke

In FACT CHECK

On July 4, 2019

What informed the Federal Government’s decision to suspend yesterday the establishment of cattle settlements in some states? The public outrage that was triggered by the policy – many would say. But it was learnt yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari pulled the brakes on the Cattle Settlement Project (popularly called Ruga) because some senior officials in […]

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FACT-CHECK: Part Of Adamawa State Was In Cameroon

By Ifeoma Okereke

On February 3, 2019

ADAMAWA EMIRATE — Before it became a state in Nigeria, Adamawa was a subordinate kingdom of the Sultanate of Sokoto which also included much of northern Cameroon. The rulers bear the title of emir (