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1 week ago | factcheckhub.com | Abdullahi Muritala |FactCheck Hub

THE Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, marked his second year in office on May 29, 2025 and delivered an anniversary speech. In the speech, he highlighted key achievements, policy reforms, and economic growth in the country under his administration. While the speech aims to reassure Nigerians of his government’s commitment to fulfilling his renewed hope promises, it also contained several claims that warrant closer scrutiny.

2 months ago | factcheckhub.com | FactCheck Hub |Angie Holan

Verifiable evidence remains journalism’s foundation, despite mounting attacks on the press, WRITES . Picture a world where evidence doesn’t matter, where the loudest voices win,    and where calling out falsehoods is seen as an act of bias. Welcome to 2025. Donald Trump — the most fact-checked presidential candidate in history, because he’s spoken the most falsehoods — won the White House again.

Dec 20, 2024 | factcheckhub.com | FactCheck Hub

By Sunday Awosoro. NOTE: This story contains distressing images. Viewer discretion is advised. Wakili Abdu, 63, returned from his farm at sunset in Sabon-Gida, looking uneasy. A few minutes later, he headed into the shrub behind his hut with a plastic kettle and hoe, gazed around, bent over, and pulled down his trousers. When nature calls, Abdu prefers to answer as his forefathers had taught him. He believes toilets are for women while the men should defecate in the open.

Sep 21, 2024 | factcheckhub.com | Caleb Ijioma |FactCheck Hub

By Caleb Ijioma Some critical stakeholders in Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election have urged the media and technology platforms such as Meta, X, and Google etc to support fact-checkers to ensure the election integrity, as the Nigerian Fact-checkers Coalition (NFC) announced plans to combat AI-misinformation during the poll.

Sep 9, 2024 | factcheckhub.com | Harrison Edeh |FactCheck Hub

By Harrison EDEHTHE debut of Dangote Petrochemical Refinery into the Nigerian petroleum market has been described as a major milestone in Nigeria’s energy sector. The refinery’s entrance into the market has generated several reactions, especially with the unveiling of its colourless premium motor spirit (PMS) product popularly referred to as fuel in Nigeria. Expectedly, the Dangote’s production will impact billions of dollars of trade in fuel markets regionally and beyond.