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

Claim: A YouTube account claims that President Donald Trump has banned Nigerians from travelling to the United States. Verdict: False. Nigerians are not banned from entering the United States, but a new visa policy limits many non-immigrant visas to single entry with three-month validity. Background Nigeria–U.S. relations in late 2025 remain active but strained. While
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Claim An X user, @honshield alleged that President Tinubu abandoned former President Goodluck Jonathan in Guinea-Bissau: a country under military siege at the time—because of politics Verdict: False Background Former President Goodluck Jonathan was in Guinea-Bissau in November 2025 as the head of the West African Elders Forum (WAEF) Election Observation Mission. His team was
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Claim: A widely shared video on WhatsApp and Facebook over the weekend alleged that several boys have been arrested in connection with the church attack in Eruku, located in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. Verdict: False Full Text On Friday, 22nd, 2025, NDRFactcheck found a video with the ‘forwarded’ icon circulating on
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CLAIM: Video shows protesters seeking the release of Nnamdi Kanu VERDICT: False. The video is AI-generated. FULL STORY Barely 48 hours after being sentenced to life imprisonment, on the 22nd of November 2025, X user @kizyuzoma posted a 10-second video of purported protesters calling for the release of Nnamdi Kanu. Attached to the video is
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CLAIM: That Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso deleted his X (formerly Twitter) post reacting to U.S. President Donald Trump’s designation of Nigeria as a “Country of Particular Concern.” VERDICT: False. The post remains on his official X page and has not been deleted. FULL STORY A claim circulating on X, posted by user @nobleigwe, alleges that
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CLAIM: An Igbo Woman in the US Army has promised to invade Northern Nigeria to avenge crimes against the Igbo people. VERDICT: False. The photo is AI-generated. The woman is a Yoruba business professional. FULL STORY A viral photo claims the woman shown is an Igbo and a U.S. Army soldier. The photograph shows a
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