PRESIDENT JONATHAN LIED IN HIS 52ND ANNIVERSARY SPEECH?

Jonathan may have lied to the nation and the world in his 52nd Independence Day broadcast. He mentioned in his address that the global corruption watch body, Transparency International, rated Nigeria second after United States in anti-corruption efforts. Well, the claim has been found to be untrue with many accusing Jonathan of telling a lie, in fact, TI has reportedly denied issuing such a report.

The President is said to be very furious over the issue and has ordered a probe to discover the source of the misinformation. Preliminary findings revealed that the piece of information was lifted from a publication in the BusinessDay of September 12, 2012 edition.