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Nigeria spends more on national assembly than on education? Analyst gets it wrong
With Nigeria set to hold elections next year, the search for a new president is gathering momentum. But does a claim about the current leade...
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Ruto on the campaign trail: Grading some of Kenyan deputy president claims about his record in office
William Ruto hopes to be president come August 2022. We fact-checked some of the claims he’s made on the campaign trail.
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Do more than half of Nigerians have Covid-19 antibodies, as newspaper claimed? Study didn’t quite say that
An analysis by Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper said over 50% of the country’s people have been exposed to the Covid-19 virus and survived.
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As Kenya’s president eyes exit, we fact-checked his administration’s last budget speech
Uhuru Kenyatta is due to step down in August. But was finance minister Ukur Yatani on the money?
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Online publication ties itself in knots in report on Nigeria’s debt profile
Has Nigeria’s debt profile increased by N4 trillion in just six years? That’s the claim by BizWatchNigeria. And it’s not true.
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‘Battle of Chatham’? Checking four claims by Kenyan presidential hopeful Odinga at London thinktank
We put four of Raila Odinga’s claims under the microscope.