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False: Picture shows Nigerian politician’s abandoned bedroom? A picture has been shared multiple times on social media in Nigeria alongside a claim that it shows former politician Busari Adelakun’s bedroom, abandoned and overgrown with vegetation since his death in the 1980s. But this is false: one of his sons denied the claim and AFP Fact Check found that the image actually shows a room in an abandoned hotel in Japan. (Source: Agence France-Presse - AFP)

Jim Chalmers says th...: Jim Chalmers says the Coalition racked up all but a 'tiny fraction' of $1 trillion in debt left to Labor. Is that correct? Facing calls to help ease cost-of-living pressures ahead of the May 2023 budget, Labor has been reminding voters that the government, too, is feeling the pinch, as it foreshadows a long road back to budget sustainability. It has also been busy blaming the Coalition for its fiscal (Source: RMIT ABC)