Claim: Federal Government Exclude Ministry of Finance from Treasury Single Account (TSA) Verdict: False Context: A few days ago, there were reports that the federal government has excluded the Ministry of Finance from the Treasury Single Account policy of the federal government. The report was carried by many online mediums and blogs. The TSA is...
Author: CDD Election War Room (Centre For Democracy And Development)
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FACT CHECK: Application For Free Hajj, Ploy To Steal Your Personal Information.
CLAIM: A WhatsApp message claiming that the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would sponsor over 400,000 persons for the 2023 Hajj. VERDICT: False CONTEXT: A message is being shared on different WhatsApp groups urging individuals to apply for a sponsored hajj. The message claimed that sponsorship is from the Crown Prince of...
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FACT CHECK: Did Iyorchia Ayu Lose His Polling Unit, LGA As Claimed By Wike?
CLAIM: Iyorchia Ayu lose his polling unit and Local Government Area in the 2023 elections. VERDICT: Partly true CONTEXT: In a recent television interview, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State affirmed his support for the suspension of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu. He said the people rejected PDP because...
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FACT CHECK: How True Is Senator Ishaku Abbo’s Claim Of Election Annulment By INEC?
CLAIM: Senator Ishaku Abbo Claim of Election Annulment by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) VERDICT: False and Misleading CONTEXT: Senator Ishaku Abbo, representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, has said the Electoral Act 2022 forbids the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from declaring the collated results in the Adamawa State governorship election null and void. Speaking...
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FACT CHECK: Was Peter Obi Deported from the U.K As Fani-Kayode Claimed?
CLAIM: Peter Obi was deported from the United Kingdom. VERDICT: False CONTEXT: A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Fani-Kayode on Wednesday 12TH April 2023 posted on his Twitter handle @realFFK, stating that the Presidential Candidate of the Labour party in the last general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, was arrested, detained, and deported...
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How CDD Election War Room tackled ‘fake news’ during elections
Compiled by Valeria Ogide and Felix Tola-Winjobi With the 2023 general election in Nigeria coming to an end, the CDD Election War Room looks back on what has been a very misinformation-heavy election. In the last three months, the War Room has published more than 100 fact checks in an attempt to moderate the information...
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Fact Check: Does Nigeria Have the Lowest VAT Rate as the Minister of Finance Claimed?
Claim: Nigeria Has the Lowest Value-Added Tax (VAT) Rate Verdict: False Context: As Nigeria struggles with a rising cost of governance and depleting revenue, the government continues to look for avenues to raise money. One such way is through Value Added Tax (VAT). Recently, the country’s Minister of Finance Budget and Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed,...
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FACT CHECK: Did INEC Chairman Work Under Wike As TETFUND Secretary?
CLAIM: INEC Chairman Work under Wike as TETUND Secretary VERDICT: False CONTEXT: A viral tweet claims that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, worked under Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State as Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) secretary. The Twitter user, @IkukuomaC, tweeted this on Saturday 18th February 2023...
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FACT CHECK: Did Bola Ahmed Tinubu Blame the All Progressive Congress Chieftains for Election Results in Lagos state?
CLAIM: Bola Ahmed Tinubu Blames APC Chieftains for Election Results in Lagos Verdict: False CONTEXT: A post on Twitter has claimed that the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was captured in a video reacting to the loss of his stronghold in Lagos State in the February 25th, 2023, presidential election. According to the post’s author, Tinubu...
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FACT CHECK: Did INEC chairman work under Wike as Amaechi claims?
By Aishah Saleeman Rotimi Amaechi, the former minister for transportation, claimed on Saturday that the current INEC chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu worked under Wike as the executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). The claim has also been shared across multiple social media platforms, including Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook. It has also been...