FACT CHECK: Is Communication Minister Isa Pantami on U.S. terror watch list?
FACT CHECK: Is Communication Minister Isa Pantami on U.S. terror watch list? There was a news report that the Nigerian minister was on the U.S. terror watch list. CLAIM 1: On April 12, a news site, Independent Newspaper, ran a story with the headline ‘Disquiet As America Places Nigerian Minister On Watch List.’ The piece claimed that communication minister, Isa Pantami, was “on the watch list of the America’s Intelligence Service.” CLAIM 2: A video shared by another news site, Newswire, alongside a freelance journalist, David Hundeyin, suggested that a 2006 debate between Mr Pantami...