Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed leader of the separatist and proscribed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has claimed that approximately 15 mercenaries from the Middle East have entered Imo State with the intention of manipulating the elections. This claim follows closely on the heels of his recent assertion of a self-declared lockdown in the...
Category: Human Rights
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Shin akwai wata sabuwar doka ta ‘yan sanda a Najeriya da ta hana mutum fiye da biyu tafiya a lokaci guda?
Wani mai amfani da shafin sada zumunta na Twitter yayi ikrarin cewa wata sabuwar doka ta ‘yan sanda a Najeriya ta hana mutum fiye da biyu, musamman ma maza, tafiya akan titi a lokaci guda. “Allah ya so ni kadai na nake yawo na kwanan nan. Sabida ya kamata a bincike wannan sabuwar doka ta...
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FACT CHECK: Is there a new Nigeria police law that forbids walking in groups?
A Twitter user has claimed that there is a new Nigeria Police law that forbids more than two persons, especially males, from walking together. “Thank God I move alone these days. Cos this new police law that forbid more than two people(male) moving together in broad daylight needs to be thoroughly studied.” This was in...
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FACT CHECK: Did lightning strike a church after organising gay wedding?
A video allegedly obtained from WhatsApp has been widely shared on Twitter and other social media platforms. It is a video of a burning church with the logo of “Boston 25 News” attached to it. According to the user who shared the video, lightning struck the church while two famous homosexuals were getting married. The...
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FACT CHECK: Wike strategising to rig 2023 elections as leaked audio claims?
A viral audio accusing Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers state, of voter intimidation began trending days after the general elections. In the alleged audio-visual, Wike could be heard liaising with what people reported to be staffs of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well as his aides through a telephone call on how...
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FACT CHECK: Is this a letter from the Finnish government on Nigerian Elections?
A letter purportedly from the office of the Prime Minister of Finland was shared on social media on February 16, 2023. The letter, which was addressed to Simon Ekpa, warned him that if the sit-at-home protest he had planned for the days of the general elections in Nigeria was not called off within 48 hours,...