On the heels of the just concluded Nigerian presidential elections, multiple social media users, including the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, have shared a video showing the Nigerian police arresting some individuals. The police had also confiscated some electoral materials like laptops, desktop computers, including the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS)...
Author: Aisha Ibrahim Abba
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FACT CHECK: Does this show Tinubu asking APC members to snatch ballot boxes?
Multiple Twitter users have shared a video showing Bola Tinubu speaking to a group of people, alongside claims to he was asking them to snatch ballot boxes. The people are calling on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and Interpol headquarters “to do their job”. A Twitter users...
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FACT CHECK: Did EFCC officials storm Tinubu’s polling unit in Lagos?
Ahead of the presidential and senate elections, multiple posts on social media, as well as online media agencies, have claimed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials stormed Bola Tinubu’s polling unit. Bola Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Party (APC), and his polling unit is ward C PU 085...
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FACT CHECK: Did INEC omit Labour Party logo from ballot papers in Lagos, Ondo? Here is what we know
Barely 24 hours before Nigeria’s general elections, there have been reports circulating on social media that the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) did not include the Labour Party Logo on some ballot papers to be used for elections on February 25. According to the reports, the ballot papers for the National Assembly elections did not have...
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FACT SHIELD: Did you know you can be jailed 12 months for selling your vote?
With Nigeria’s most important election less than 24 hours away, many people worry about vote-buying and the effect it would have on the election. What is vote-buying? Vote buying is an economic exchange between an electoral candidate and the electorate in which the candidate pays the voter an amount of money or any other material...
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‘It’s fake news’ — Kaduna denies claim that El-Rufai revoked C of Os of all banks in Kaduna state
A viral Twitter post has alleged that the governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, has revoked the C of Os of all banks in Kaduna state over the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy. The post has also gone further to state that subsequently, the walls of these banks have been marked red X...
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FACT CHECK: Did Kwankwaso register 37 microfinance banks in Kano to ease e-payment?
Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), claimed to have registered 37 microfinance banks (MFBs) in Kano state when he was the governor of the state. Kwankwaso made this claim while speaking on Channels TV election special programme, The Verdict, on February 10, 2023. Speaking about the naira redesign...
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FACT CHECK: Does video show ‘Tinubu boys’ destroying motorcycles belonging to northerners?
A video has gone viral on Twitter alongside claims that it shows a bulldozer crushing hundreds of motorcycles. The caption of the video suggests that the motorcycles belonged to people from northern Nigeria, and were being destroyed by “Tinubu boys” in Lagos state. Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress...
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FACT CHECK: Did Boko Haram Control Over 22 LGAs under Jonathan?
Sadique Abubakar, governorship candidate of the All Progressive People’s Party (APC) in Bauchi state, said on Channels Television The Verdict that Boko Haram had control over more than 22 local governments under the previous national government. The governorship candidate was invited by the Television station on Thursday, February 9, 2023, where he spoke about his...
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FACT CHECK: Do these images show trucks carrying old naira notes from Tinubu’s house?
A number of posts making the rounds on social media claim that trucks loaded with 40-foot containers were seen taking old naira notes from Bola Tinubu’s house to the bank. Bola Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos. “Breaking News: ‘8 forty-fit container loads with cash...