Is Mudashiru Obasa the Longest-Serving Speaker in Nigeria?
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- January 15, 2025
CLAIM: NPC is recruiting ad-hoc staff for the 2025 nationwide census. VERDICT: False BACKGROUND On Monday, February 3, 2025, a WhatsApp user in a community group posted recruitment information supposedly being carried out by the National Population Commission, NPC. The post, which read: *NATIONAL POPULATION CENSUS 2025 AD-HOC STAFF RECRUITMENT-2025* Are You Skilled,Courageous,and principled? Nigeria
READ MOREClaim: Nigeria became the largest producer of rice under Buhari. Verdict: True Background On Monday, January 13, 2025, an X (Twitter) user, @dhot_man, asserted that during former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, Nigeria became the largest producer of rice on the African continent (see tweet screenshot below). The claim reads, “Nigeria became the largest producer of
READ MOREClaim: Mudashiru Obasa, the Lagos State Assembly’s impeached Speaker, is Nigeria’s longest-serving speaker. Verdict: False Background An online news website, Blueprint Newspaper, has claimed that the impeached speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, is the longest-serving speaker of the state assembly in the country. On January 14th, 2025, the newspaper
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