The Nigerian presidential election, scheduled for February 25, is less than 20 days away, yet only roughly 79% of registered voters have their permanent voters card (PVC), which is required by law to vote. As a result of the difficulty encountered by intended voters in obtaining their PVC, many are looking for alternatives that will...
Tag: Nigeria 2023
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FACT SHIELD: Few days to election, can a candidate step down? Here’s what the law says…
With the 2022 elections barely 24 days away, there have been various reports of candidates stepping down for other candidates or even alignments and coalitions. These reports have been debated, discarded and sometimes addressed by the candidates. True or not how do these reports affect the political ecosystem? Can a candidate decide to withdraw from...
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FACT CHECK: How true are Atiku’s claims about Buhari versus PDP economy?
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made multiple claims about the Nigerian economy while speaking at a rally in Delta State. Claim I: Abubakar, who was vice-president from 1999 to 2007, claimed that “when the PDP was in power, Nigeria had the biggest economic growth until it became the biggest...
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FACT CHECK: Was Nigeria’s Inflation Rate Highest Under Obasanjo?
Claim: The highest inflation rate in the history of Nigeria was recorded under former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration. Verdict: False Context: During an interview with Arise TV on January 16, 2023, the spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo said “This is not the highest inflation rate. In 2005 under...
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FACT SHIELD: All you need to know about pre-election opinion polls
By Aisha Ibrahim Abba & Raji Olatunji As the 2023 general elections draw nearer, opinion polls are becoming more popular and will get even a lot more popular in the days ahead, as more organisations conduct and publish results from these polls. But what exactly are opinion polls? How relevant are they to the forthcoming...
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FACT CHECK: Did Tinubu say Lagos is a refuse dump?
On January 24, 2023, a Twitter handle posted a video claiming that Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, called “the Lagos he built refuse dump”. The video which has over 50,000 views and 3,000 likes as of the time of this report was shared with the caption: “Bola Tinubu calls the...
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FACT CHECK: Viral image does not show Peter Obi eating Isiewu with ‘Biafra beer’
Adamu Garba, a former presidential aspirant and member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Thursday, January 26, 2023, posted a picture of Peter Obi, the Labour Party Presidential candidate, eating a Nigerian delicacy alongside two bottles of Hero beer. Adamu said Obi was having “too much pleasure” with Hero Beer, which he alleges has...
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FACT CHECK: Is Kwankwaso’s doctorate honorary or academic?
On January 19, 2023. A Twitter user tweeted that Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the NNPP, is an academic fraud. This tweet came after Kwankwaso’s appearance at the Chatham House, where he declared himself a Ph.D. holder and not a trader. This was in response to questions about the possibility of him stepping down...
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Did Al-Zakzaky Endorse Peter Obi For President
On December 27, 2022, a Twitter user with the handle “Olaudah Equiano® @RealOlaudah” tweeted a claim that the revered Islamic cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, had endorsed Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi for Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election. The tweet which has over a thousand (1,000) retweets...
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FACT CHECK: Has APC completed the Second Niger Bridge as Tinubu claimed?
In January 2022, Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, at the Enugu presidential campaign rally said the Second Niger Bridge was completed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) and would soon be commissioned. In his words, “that bridge (second Niger) is completed by APC, you will soon see a commissioning for your movements, to move...