#WorldWaterDay: 10 facts – some surprising – about Africa’s water
How many people in the region don’t have safe water? Do Cape Town residents use it mainly for their pools and gardens? Do well-off Nairobians pay less for their water?
Reports: Nigeria
No proof for ‘12 million jobs’ in Nigeria’s rice industry, as presidential aide claimed
Claim
12 million jobs created in Nigeria’s rice production industry.
Source: Lauretta Onochie, aide to President Muhammadu Buhari (February 2019)
unproven
Verdict
No data exists to support the claim.
Eight in 10 Nigerian women wear wigs every day? No – just a bad hair day for the media
Claim
81.8% of women in Nigeria wear wigs every day.
Source: News Agency of Nigeria survey (January 2019)
misleading
Verdict
The survey sample was not broad enough to apply to all Nigerian women.
The jewel in the crown: Lagos governor hopefuls fact-checked
Claims
20 claims by Lagos governor hopefuls checked
Source: Debates organised by City that Works Alliance
checked
Verdict
A range of verdicts ranging from misleading to unproven and correct
#IWD2019: 10 fast – and sometimes startling – facts about women in Africa
As the world marks International Women’s Day, we dug up notable facts gleaned from our work in fact-checking.
Battle of the titans: Fact-checking arch-rivals in race for Nigeria’s presidency
Claims
Eight claims by Nigeria's leading candidates for the presidency.
Source: Televised town hall meetings
checked
Verdict
A range of verdicts ranging from correct and incorrect to unproven.
Nigeria #Debate2019: Did presidential candidates get their facts straight?
Claims
10 of 12 claims from three Nigerian presidential candidates.
Source: Nigeria's January 2019 debate.
checked
Verdict
A range of ratings from incorrect to unproven and understated.
‘Project Rescue Nigeria’: Fact-checking Oby Ezekwesili’s presidential manifesto
Claims
Eight of 10 claims from Obiageli Ezekwesili's presidential manifesto.
Source: Project Rescue Nigeria - the manifesto.
checked
Verdict
Three correct, two mostly correct, two incorrect, one unproven.
Yes, Nigeria is the world’s ‘highest producer of HIV-infected babies’
Claim
Nigeria is the highest producer of HIV-infected babies
Source: Sun newspaper (October 2018)
correct
Verdict
In 2016 Nigeria had the world’s highest number of children newly infected with HIV.
Has Buhari’s government plunged Nigeria into $80 billion in debt?
Claim
The current government has put Nigeria into a debt of $80 billion.
Source: Peoples Democratic Party vice presidential candidate Peter Obi (October 2018)
mostly-correct
Verdict
Nigeria’s public debt was $73.2 billion in June 2018.