On Thursday, October 19, 2023, an accident involving an official vehicle of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) and motorcyclists reffered to as Okada occurred in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. According to some posts going viral on Facebook, the accident, which occurred at Isale-Oja in Ilorin, was reported to have claimed the lives of four…
There has been an increased in the growing trend of photo manipulation. While some of the manipulations have different intents, many of it are driven by hatred, bigotry and humourous factors. The Informant247 fact check team recently discovered a football action photo of two female footballers showing the private part of one of them. Private…
The Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq recently approved payment of #10,000 fuel subsidy removal palliative to civil servants in the state and undergraduate students of the state origin. After the approval, the government released a registration portal for students, while that of the public servants are to be paid to their personal account. While…
On Friday, August 4, 2023, a photo of the Former Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola watching his successor and former Governor of Osun State Oyetola during his ministerial screening at the senate was widely shared on the social media. Gboyega Oyetola was recently nominated by President Bola Tinubu as a Minister from Osun State. The…
Recently, a social media claim has suggested that Laurence Maguire, a younger brother to Manchester United Defender, Harry Maguirehas scored 2 goals, 9 own goals in 72 games for the England Championship team, Chesterfield. Other social media users who reposted the claim recently also suggests that Lawrence has more red cards in the team. The…
Recently, a social media claim has suggested that Nigerian Afro-pop singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has welcomed a new baby boy with his partner, Chioma. The claim originated from a Twitter user with the handle @Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour Stan, who tweeted at around 2 pm, “BREAKING!!! Join me in saying congratulations to Adeleke Family…
Cristiano Ronaldo, a five-time Ballon d’Or winner, recently made a statement on 17 July suggesting that the Saudi Professional League is superior to Major League Soccer (MLS) in America. After participating in the first half of Al Nassr’s 5-0 preseason friendly loss to La Liga side Celta Vigo in Portugal, his home country, Ronaldo shared…
Manchester United crashed out of the UEFA Europa league after losing 3-0 to Sevilla in the second leg of the quarter-final match. In the first leg which was played at the Old Trafford, Both teams played 2-2 draw and the eventual score of 5-2 aggregate handed Sevilla a passage to the semi-final of the tournament….
Fact check 247 has dug deep into the claim that the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Senator Gbemisola Saraki has joined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The claim was contained in a news story published by Ilorin Info on Tuesday, February 7, 2023. The news medium cited an anonymous aide to the…
Nigeria’s presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25 across the Nation. The country’s electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has subsequently declared the All Progressives Congress APC candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner. Background Tinubu polled the highest number of votes, 8,794,726, almost two million votes more than his closest challenger…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human rights Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome has claimed the total number of polling units in Nigeria. Ozekhome claimed while answering questions from the reporter of control TV on the last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. In the interview, titled ‘INEC betrayed over 100 million of Nigeria by going against…
There have been several claims that Chelsea manager Graham Potter has been sacked by the club. This claim became popular after Chelsea lost to Southampton at Stamford Bridge by a single goal on Saturday. Who is Graham Potter? Graham Potter was appointed Chelsea manager on September 8, 2022, after Thomas Tuchel was sacked. The former…
Protesters on Wednesday went on rampage across some States in the country. In the wake of the protest, many commercial institutions were attacked and destroyed by irate protesters. Among many banks that were reportedly destroyed was a branch of Access Bank in Ilorin. Why the Protest? The protests were in reaction to the scarcity of…
By Mr. Tharyeh A series of images shared by the official spokesperson for All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo on Twitter shows an overcrowded image from the APC Presidential Campaign rally in Sokoto. Keyamo via his verified Twitter handle, @fkeyamo stated “Massive turnout of party faithful and supporters of @officialABAT in Sokoto…
On Wednesday, 19th October, 2022, The PUNCH Newspaper published a news story titled “Journalists detained for defaming Kwara gov get bail”, where it was claimed that the two (2) Kwara based journalist brothers were brought to court on Wednesday unchained. It could be recalled that the Akoguns had been detained in police custody and later…
A purported news circulating in the media after the vandalisation of the Moshood Kashimawo Abiola National Stadium was that the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare had claimed that the renovation of the stadium will cost the government a total of N560 billion. The Informant247 recalls that football fans invaded the pitch…
A purported quote was circulating on Facebook in several African countries since early March 2022 claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened that there will be no World Cup to talk about in 2022 after Russia’s suspension. According to the graphics, it quotes Putin as saying: “Russia will play at the Qatar 2022 FIFA…
A purported news report circulating on the internet about the death of one Yetunde Balogun who was alleged to have been killed by her mother-in-law was fake. The news report stated that the deceased wife ate food poison which led to her death. One of the purported reports published by The Eagle Online read: “How…
A purported Facebook post claiming that Russia has a nuclear missile capable of destroying the world has been fabricated. The post with unverified sources has been flying around social media. The post stated that Russia would unleash the weapon should in case the USA, NATO and Western Countries interfere in the Ukraine-Russia crisis. The claim…
Trending news about the incident that happened at the Kwara State Polytechnic gate earlier this morning, saying that men of Nigeria Drug and Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA attacked the students and killed three were fake news. The unverified reports have claimed that NDLEA clashed with Kwara Poly Students and three persons were allegedly killed during…
