With the elections less than seven days away, misinformation and disinformation about candidates, and political parties are currently being peddled over social and traditional media. The aim of these disinformation peddlers varies, from discrediting their opponents to instilling fear into supporters and prospective supporters of their opponents. Unfortunately, the effects of information disorder are not...
Author: Chioma Iruke (Chioma Iruke)
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FACT CHECK: This is an old video, it doesn’t show IPOB threatening election boycott in 2023
Videos showing members of the proscribed secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), insisting that there would be no elections in the southeast have begun making the rounds on various social media platforms. In one of the videos, protesters are seen chanting a popular IPOB song, “Onye tuo vote ona ugwu Hausa” as they move...
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FACT SHIELD: You can be jailed 12 months for printing your PVC
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...
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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: 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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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...
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FACT CHECK: Verifying Peter Obi’s claims at Chatham House
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, presented his policy plans at Chatham House on January 17, 2023. During the question and answer session, he made various claims about his track record and the Nigerian economy. We checked some of his claims, and here is what we found: Claim 1 No member of...
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Fact Check: How true is Tinubu’s claim that Nigeria does not have lithium, gas?
Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), said during his presidential campaign rally in Enugu state on January 11, that Nigeria does not have lithium or natural gas. In an attempt to convince the people of Enugu, that coal, which is found in the state will be used to improve their...
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FACT CHECK: All we know about leaked audio claiming Atiku received N100m from Dariye
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has been accused by Mike Achimugu, who claims to be his former media aide, of being part of a continuous ploy to defraud the nation. In a viral audio visual uploaded on YouTube and Twitter, a voice purported to be Atiku’s could be heard narrating...