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FACT-CHECK: Is Justice Tsammani battling prostate cancer, confined to wheelchair?

FACT-CHECK: Is Justice Tsammani battling prostate cancer, confined to wheelchair?

Multiple reports circulating online claim that Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, head of the five-man panel of the 2023 Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), is battling prostate cancer and has been confined to a wheelchair. This is coming barely two months after the PEPC delivered its judgement on the petitions filed by Peter Obi, candidate of...

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FACT CHECK: Did Supreme Court bar foreign media outlets from the hearing on Obi, Atiku’s appeals?

FACT CHECK: Did Supreme Court bar foreign media outlets from the hearing on Obi, Atiku’s appeals?

A news report is circulating online, claiming that foreign media outlets were prohibited from attending the hearing of the appeals filed by Peter Obi; presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), and Atiku Abubakar; presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at the Supreme Court of Nigeria.   The report, with the headline, “SUPREME COURT...

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FACT CHECK: Has Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Fixed September 16 for Judgement?

FACT CHECK: Has Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Fixed September 16 for Judgement?

On the morning of Monday, August 28, 2023, Nigerians awoke to the news that the much-anticipated Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) judgement had been scheduled for September 16, 2023.  Going by discussions on social media, the date is anticipated to be when the election tribunal court will announce its verdict regarding the election petitions filed...

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FACT CHECK: Did the judges acknowledge Chimamanda Adichie in court?

FACT CHECK: Did the judges acknowledge Chimamanda Adichie in court?

A social media user has claimed that the judges at the Presidential Election Petition Court on August 1, 2023, acknowledged the presence of award-winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie. The claim was discovered on Twitter, where it had received over four thousand likes and had been viewed over 72 thousand times as of the time of this...

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FACT CHECK: Did Obi, Atiku vow to remove fuel subsidy first day in office as Oshiomhole claims?

FACT CHECK: Did Obi, Atiku vow to remove fuel subsidy first day in office as Oshiomhole claims?

Adams Oshiomhole, the former governor of Edo State, claimed during a recent interview on Channels TV that Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), and Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), promised to remove fuel subsidy on their first day in office when elected as Nigeria’s president. The former...

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FACT CHECK: Does picture show a charging cord attached to Bola Tinubu’s arm? 

Ahead of the May 29 official swearing-in ceremony, a picture of Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect, has circulated online with the claim that it shows a hidden ‘charging cord’ attached to his arm. The image, showing the moment Tinubu shook hands with the former British prime minister, Tony Blair, was shared by a Twitter user, @PIDOMNIGERIA...

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FACT CHECK: Bola Tinubu won only five states in the 2023 presidential election?

Dokun Ojomo has claimed in a Twitter post that Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), won only five states in the presidential election held on February 25, 2023. The post has since garnered over 330,000 views, 1,657 retweets, and 4,539 likes as of when it was retrieved from the microblogging...

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