No, Federal Government Is Not Giving N50,000 Child Support Nigerian Parents
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- April 15, 2024

Claim: An X-user, @mariolexxx alleged in a viral video that African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain, Mr. Peter Obi, promised to abolish student loans if he becomes Nigeria’s president. Verdict: False–There is no evidence that Peter Obi ever promised to abolish student loans. His comments in December 2024 were a critique of the government’s budgetary priorities

Claim: The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Emmanuel Emekah, claims that the Division recorded zero cases of violent pipeline vandalism and that no oil company operating within its Area of Responsibility (AOR) reported any pipeline breach due to vandalism between January 24 and December 2025. Verdict: Misleading, the Presidency itself acknowledged

A Senate finding has traced illegal artisanal gold mining in parts of Nigeria’s North-West to the region’s worsening security situation, warning that large sums from the illicit trade are being channelled into arms purchases and the operations of violent criminal networks. This was contained in a report presented by the Senate Leader and Chairman of

CLAIM: That Abubakar Atiku has decamped to the African Democratic Party (ADP), as Peter Obi clinches the ADC presidential ticket. VERDICT: False. Atiku remains in ADC, and the party is yet to conduct its primaries for the presidential election. FULL STORY A claim has been circulating on social media alleging that Atiku Abubakar, former presidential

Following a Federal High Court judgment, INEC has recognised Abdulrahman Mohammed’s Wike-backed PDP faction and Senator Esther Nenadi Usman’s Labour Party caretaker committee as their respective leaders. This development became public after the electoral body invited both Wike’s PDP faction and Senator Usman’s LP faction to its first 2026 consultative meeting with political parties in

Claim: X user claimed that the Presidency directed Governor Ododo to honour a one-term agreement and be prepared to hand over to Hon Faleke, a loyalist of President Tinubu, after his first term in office. Verdict: False Full Text An X user, DGov, on 21st January, 2026, was seen to have claimed that the presidency