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1 day ago | factcheckhub.com | Nurudeen Akewushola

A viral post on X (formerly Twitter) claims that the current Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly commissioned a betting shop as a constituency project. The post:An X user, @U_Rochas, shared an image on April 10, 2025, showing a man standing in front of a wooden structure. The post was captioned: “The Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly is commissioning a bet shop as part of his constituency project.”As of April 16, the post had over 1,800 reposts and more than 2,000 likes.

5 days ago | factcheckhub.com | Nurudeen Akewushola

THE Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has said that approximately 150 million Nigerians now have access to electricity. Adelabu made this known on Thursday, April 17, during the 2025 Ministerial Sectoral Update Conference held in Abuja, where he spoke alongside the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Malagi, and other key stakeholders.

1 week ago | factcheckhub.com | Abdullahi Muritala

A claim that an image shows American rapper, Jonathan Smith popularly called Lil Jon, commissioning a school he built in Ghana has circulated online. The claim which was shared by an X user @African Hub who posted an image suggesting the person in the picture is Lil Jon. The caption on the post thus read: “American Rapper, Lil Jon built two schools in Ghana.”The post has sparked high engagement with veracity ranging from over 41,000 views, 1,400 likes and 112 comments as of 15 of April 2025.

1 week ago | factcheckhub.com | Abdullahi Muritala

A viral claim that the United States has drastically reduced tariffs on Chinese goods including phones, computers, microchips, TVs, and solar panels from 145% to just 10% has circulated on X.

1 week ago | factcheckhub.com | Abdullahi Muritala

BASHIR Ahmad, a former media aide to ex-Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has claimed that the Nigerian Senate passed the Emergency Powers (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill 2018 into law in February 2018. He claimed on the X platform that the passed bill grants the Nigerian president the authority to suspend an elected State Governor or Local Government Chairman during an emergency period.