The Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), on January 17, 2023, made multiple claims about his performance as a state governor before an audience at Chatham House. One such claim is that he never borrowed either during his eight years as a governor in Kano state. “And that is why for eight...
Author: Aisha Ibrahim Abba
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FACT CHECK: How true are Shettima’s claims about Lagos economy and Nigeria’s military spending?
By Aisha Ibrahim and Mustaqeem Adamu Kashim Shettima, the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), was invited to the Fashin Baki Hausa chat hosted by journalist, Bulama Bukarti. CDD election war room monitored the 90 minutes chat and found some controversial claims made by the former governor of Borno state. We checked...
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FACT CHECK: Was Atiku head of the Economic Management Team as vice president?
The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, tweeted on January 17, 2023, that he was the head of the economic management team while he was vice president. “As head of the economic management team while I was Vice President, I was instrumental in designing a private sector revival strategy and advocated...
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FACT CHECK: Verifying Peter Obi’s claims at the People’s Town Hall
Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, made multiple controversial claims at a town hall meeting held by Channels Television on January 8, 2023. Obi made these claims while speaking extensively on major issues and challenges faced by various sectors of the country. But how true are they? While discussing the economy, Obi said Nigeria’s...