Fact-Check: Is Nigeria’s Crime Rate Lower than the United States?
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- October 15, 2025

Claim: An X user, @mickoly, shared a chart claiming President Bola Tinubu released ₦36 million for health coverage in 2025, while Peter Obi spent over ₦250 million of his personal funds supporting healthcare. Verdict: The claim is true. Publicly available data shows N330m was spent supporting nursing colleges, mission hospitals, and primary healthcare infrastructure. Background
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Claim: An X user claims that the elected chairman of the Gwagwalada council has decamped to the All Progressive Congress Verdict: False Full Text: On the 23rd of February, 2026, an X user, @enevene2003, claimed that the elected chairman of Gwagwalada Council has decamped to the All Progressives Congress. The tweets read thus: “The newly
READ MOREClaim: A viral video circulating online claims President Tinubu has announced when Nnamdi Kanu will be released. Verdict: False Full Text: NDRFactcheck found a video circulating online claiming that President Bola Tinubu announced when Nnamdi Kanu would be released in a broadcast. The thirteen-minute video, part of which reads, “The matter of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu
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Claim: Senator Ireti Kingibe stated that the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) is the largest local government in Nigeria. Verdict: Claim is misleading Full Story Ireti Kingibe was elected in 2023 on the platform of the Labour Party as the senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). During her campaign, she argued that the FCT
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Claim: An X user , @Pharmacio001 shared a post, that the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Gwagwalada Area Council (FCT) had withdrawn from the FCT Area Council elections. Verdict: False Full Story The 2026 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections were scheduled for Saturday,
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CLAIM: The Labour Party has promised to give Peter Obi an automatic ticket to contest in the 2027 election VERDICT: False. There is no official report of such from the party or its executive council FULL STORY Recently, social media and several online platforms circulated claims suggesting that the Labour Party has promised to give
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