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Ezinne September 5, 2017

Fact Check: Jeff Sessions’ has it all mixed up on crime rate in the US

President Trump - Potus 45- is known globally for one thing: a penchant for prevarication. Be it dressed up as embellishment, alternative facts, myths, or outright lying, Trump is notorious…

Ezinne August 14, 2017

The world has seen “fire and fury”, what we haven’t seen is the truth in Trump’s statements

You already know this: Trump is big on posturing. Perhaps when it comes to Kim Jong-Un of North Korea, his posturing is a necessary tactic to quell any notions the megalomaniac…

Op-ed Editor August 6, 2017

Fact Check: Before you believe Trump’s tweets about his economic achievements, you need to know the facts

These are dire times indeed; one can no longer put too much stock in what comes out of President Trump's mouth, every utterance must be taken with a pinch of…

Op-ed Editor August 1, 2017

Caught in a lie: Nigerian legislator ‘donates’ constituency project already budgeted for Executive

by Ayodeji Rotinwa On July 10th 2017, Honourable Abdussamad Dasuki of Nigeria’s lower legislative body, the House of Representatives, representing Kebbe/Tambuwal constituency, Sokoto, announced his “donation of laptops, printers and…

Ezinne July 10, 2017

Fact Check: No Trump, not everyone is living the American Dream

In keeping with his general exuberance when it comes to sticking it to the opposition, Trump tweeted on the 3rd of July: At the White House 4th of July…

Ezinne June 18, 2017

Fact check: Even though he badly wants it to be, the investigation against Donald Trump is not a witch-hunt

The Donald is very mad as evidenced by these tweets. Being under the microscope of investigation apparently, has done a number on him, he had to…

Ezinne June 4, 2017

Fact Check: 5 grievous lies Donald Trump told to justify America’s exit from Paris Climate Agreement

President Trump struck another item off his campaign pledge list as he finally withdrew America from the Paris Climate Accord on the 1st June, to the immense disappointment of party…

Roqeebah May 28, 2017

Twice, Donald Trump lied about money pouring in from NATO countries

What does a Donald Trump do after a long week of being a good boy? He pees himself after shoving the calm headed boy on the playground. LOL! No, but…

Op-ed Editor May 19, 2017

Fact Check: Why the double standard, Trump? You crucified Hillary and others for mishandling classified information

by Ezinne Ajoku On the 10th of May, President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, hosted the Russian ambassador, Sergey V. Lavrov, and the Russian foreign minister,…

Oludolapo Adelana May 10, 2017

The time sacked FBI director, Comey, fact-checked Trump during hearing

Did you know that James Comey, the former Director of the Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI) once fact-checked US President, Donald Trump? Well on March 20, during the House Intelligence…

Op-ed Editor April 29, 2017

Fact Check: Trump’s 100 days have not been a total failure at all

by Ezinne Ajoku Today, Donald Trump, POTUS 45, marks his first 100 days in office. What is so special about the Presidency's first 100 days in office? This is a…

Op-ed Editor April 2, 2017

Fact Check: Bad news, Trump – The FBI is coming for you and your campaign team, not Hillary

by Ezinne Ajoku Since becoming the 45th president of the United States if America, there's been a cloud hanging over Trump's administration due to Russia's alleged involvement in the election…

Op-ed Editor March 26, 2017

Fact Check: Fess up, Trump. You promised – at least 4 times – to repeal Obamacare immediately

Sometime Friday last week, Donald Trump pulled the health care bill, christened the American Health Care Act, which he and the Republican party had been working on since he took…

Op-ed Editor February 26, 2017

Fact Check: Donald Trump is right this time; America’s national debt really has decreased

On Saturday, shortly after FOX news reported a dip in America's national debt, Trump tweeted this: He did not stop there. He tweeted thereafter, tweeted. We've already…

Op-ed Editor February 12, 2017

Fact Check: No, Trump, your Cabinet delay is not the longest in history

President of the United States, Donald Trump, is angry that he does not have his full cabinet available so he can hit the ground running. According to him, this…

Op-ed Editor February 5, 2017

FactCheck: Kellyanne Conway lied again; and not only about her “Bowling Green Massacre” that never happened

In an interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews on Thursday, Trump adviser, Kellyanne Conway found herself stretching the truth whilst trying to defend president Trump and his policies. The interviewer…

Op-ed Editor January 22, 2017

Factcheck: The defeat of Boko Haram is not a defining metric of President Buhari’s commitment to combating insecurity

On the 8th of January, Pastor Tunde Bakare stood before his congregation ( Latter Rain Assembly) to give his annual State of the Nation address. It is a speech that ties…

Tolu December 31, 2016

Fact Check: Dear Godwin Emefiele, Nigeria doesn’t spend N1trillion on rice and wheat imports annually

by Ezinne Ajoku It was reported that Godwin Emefiele, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, speaking last Thursday at the launch of CBN Anchor Borrowers Programme and 2016/2017…

Tolu October 20, 2016

U.S Presidential Debate: Trump definitely lied! We just don’t know which…

The final presidential debate in the US election has just ended and this one might actually be the best of all three debates so far as both candidates brought on…

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