During the week an X (formerly Twitter) user accused political actors in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of compelling voters to hand in their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in exchange for palliative items. The user posted a video claiming this amounts to voter inducement ahead of the November 11, governorship poll in Imo State....
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FACT CHECK: Did Bola Tinubu say he will negotiate with south-east agitators if voted into power?
On July 14, 2023, a Twitter user tweeted that Bola Tinubu, the president of Nigeria promised that if voted into power, he will negotiate with IPOB and Nnamdi Kanu. 72 hours after, the tweet has garneded over 139,000 views. Since Tinubu assumed the presidency, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has emerged as one of...
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FACT CHECK: Claims On INEC Transmission of Results Checked
At the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Friday, June 16, 2023, the counsel representing the All Progressive Congress (APC) claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced that the results of the presidential election would not be transmitted live. Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Abiodun Owonikoko stated that the INEC chairman made the...
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FACT CHECK: Garba Sheu releases press statement with multiple claims
On May 16, 2023, The Guardian released a news article titled “Buhari leaves inflation at highest in 17 years.” The report showed that headline inflation has risen to 22.22% which is the highest in 17 years. The Guardian news report quoted the last consumer price index (CPI), released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)....
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FACT CHECK: Did Bola Tinubu sign the self-accounting bill for Lagos legislature while he was governor?
The former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, in an interview on AriseTV, spoke about the zoning of key positions in the 10th Senate and issues about Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, as well as the expected relationship between Tinubu and the National Assembly. He said, “The issue of the self-accounting for...
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FACT CHECK: How true are Shettima’s claims about Tinubu’s appointments as Lagos governor?
Premium Times, a prominent Nigerian news outlet, published a report on vice president-elect Kashim Shettima’s, attendance at a book launch in Abuja. It was reported that Shettima made a number of historical assertions while demonstrating the commitment of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the incoming president, to gender-related issues. The claims were investigated by the CDD Election...
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Fact Check: Did Buhari promise to create 3 million jobs annually in 2015?
Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, during an interview on Arise TV on May 2, 2023 made some claims in defense of his just released fact sheet on the out-going administration. Claim 1: Buhari did not promise to create 3 million jobs per annum in his 2015 campaign. Outlining...
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FACT CHECK: Did Uzor Kalu say Peter Obi is to blame if he doesn’t become senate president?
With the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, challenging the results of the 2023 presidential election in court, attention has shifted to the race for the seat of the Senate president. Orji Uzor Kalu is one of the leading aspirants for the position of senate president. An online quote found on several Facebook posts...
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Fact Check: How true are Dino Melaye’s claims about PDP, Yahaya Bello?
Dino Melaye, the gubernatorial candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, made multiple controversial claims in a recent Channels TV interview. The former senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, who was a guest on the Channels TV programme, Politics Today, made claims about his party, the opposition and his credentials. CDD Election...
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FACT CHECK: How true are Fashola’s claims about Tinubu?
On March 17, 2023, Babatunde Fashola, the Minister for Works and Housing, who doubles as the Director for the Election Planning and Monitoring Directorate of APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), granted an interview on Channels TV. Speaking on his role in the just concluded general election and how his party won the election, Fashola made...