112 emergency line fails live test, APC chieftain pleads for time
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 10, 2 of them from Nigeria.
Nigeria’s national emergency number, 112, failed to connect during a live television test on Tuesday, despite an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Alwan Hassan, insisting that the service was operational. The failure occurred during an appearance by Hassan, a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, on Channels Television’s Politics Today, anchored by Seun Okinbaloye.…
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
2 outlets from Nigeria, where the story is: The Punch, Vanguard News · how we count
- Nov 10, 10:13 PM UTCFirst reportVIDEO: 112 emergency number fails live test, APC chieftain seeks more timepunchng.com ↗
- Nov 11, 6:42 AM UTC+8 h· you’re reading this112 emergency line fails live test, APC chieftain pleads for timevanguardngr.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 6:42 AM UTC · +8 h
[Claude] Report 2 is a video version of the same story about the 112 line failing during the live Channels TV test and Alwan Hassan's response, with no conflicting facts.
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