With Nigeria’s general election barely hours away now, it is extremely important to avoid the consequences of last-minute or no preparation at all. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has put out a body of information to arm citizens with the knowledge of preparation to be made, to ease the entire process. As such, we...
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FACT CHECK: This press release is fake, INEC has no plans to postpone elections
On February 13, 2023, a press release with the letterhead of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) claimed the commission was planning to postpone the elections. This is false. The press release quoted Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC chairman, as saying he has shifted the February 25, 2023, presidential election to March 4, 2023 due to “scarcity...
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FACT CHECK: Did Tinubu say Lagos is a refuse dump?
On January 24, 2023, a Twitter handle posted a video claiming that Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, called “the Lagos he built refuse dump”. The video which has over 50,000 views and 3,000 likes as of the time of this report was shared with the caption: “Bola Tinubu calls the...