An image showing people on motorcycles in what appears to be a campaign or community event was shared on X (formerly Twitter) with the hashtag #AnambraDecides2025, suggesting it depicts current election activities in Anambra State, Nigeria. Claim: Old image shared hours after opening of polls with the hashtag AnambraDecides’25 Verification: The photograph shows several people...
Category: Governance
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FACT CHECK: Is Mali the first African country to be debt-free as allegedly announced by its minister?
A claim that Mali has become the first African country to be debt-free has circulated widely across social media platforms. The message, retrieved from WhatsApp, claims the country’s finance minister made the announcement. The message, shared along with an image, states, “Mali is now a debt-free country. The country’s Finance Minister has announced that Mali...
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FACT CHECK: Did President Tinubu Submit Bill To Return To Regional Government?
On October 19, 2024, the CDD War Room received a claim via the Meedan chatbot that the president, Bola Tinubu, sent a bill to the National Assembly to return to regional government. A similar version of the claim has been trending across social media. Claim: President Tinubu submits bill for regional system of government Verification: ...
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FACT CHECK: Is Edo first lady selling prepaid meters?
The CDD War Room received a claim via the Meedan app requesting clarification on a news report that Betsy Obaseki, the wife of the outgoing governor of Edo State, had initiated the sale of 500,000 prepaid metres in the state. This claim arose amid the upcoming off-cycle election in Edo State, scheduled for September. Verification:To...
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FACT CHECK: Is the Federal Government Selling Subsidised Rice to Public Servants?
On August 2, 2024, a claim went viral that the Federal Government of Nigeria had begun the sale of bags of rice for N40,000 to public servants in Abuja. Attached to the claim is a memo titled “RE: SALE OF SUBSIDIZED RICE TO PUBLIC SERVANTS” The memo contains the procedure on how interested public servants can register...
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FACT-CHECK: Did Senate President Akpabio say, “You can protest but we will be eating?”
A statement attributed to Godswill Akpabio, the Nigerian Senate President, has been widely circulated on social media. It is alleged that in response to the #EndBadGovernance protest, Akpabio said, “You can protest, but we will be eating.” Currently, there is an ongoing protest in Nigeria, where various groups have come together to organise a 10-day...
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FACT CHECK: How true are these statements attributed to Tinubu over #Endbadgovernance protest?
Multiple statements have been attributed to Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the planned nationwide protest, tagged #EndBadGovernance, scheduled to begin on August 1, 2024. In a viral open letter purportedly issued by the presidency, Tinubu allegedly promised several reforms, including scrapping the office of the First Lady, selling off presidential aircraft, restoring fuel and...
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FACT CHECK: Does The New Minimum Wage Apply To All And Sundry?
On July 18, 2024, the president, Bola Tinubu and the leadership of organised Labour (constituent organisations) agreed on ₦70,000 as the new national minimum wage for Nigerian workers. This agreement followed a series of talks between Labour leaders and the government’s tripartite committee on minimum wage constituted by the President in January 2024. After the...
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How exiled Biafra separatist deploys disinformation to claim foreign support
For several years, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a secessionist movement seeking the establishment of a Biafran state carved out of Nigeria’s South-East, has actively sought to claim international support to apply pressure on Nigeria to concede to their requests. This movement, which was latent for decades after the Civil War (1967-70), has since...
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FACT CHECK: How true is Dele Alake’s claim about arrest and prosecution of illegal miners?
Nigeria’s Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, recently made claims about illegal mining operations in the country while speaking at the sectoral briefing organised by the federal government on the occasion of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s first year in office. Alake who mounted the podium to speak about the achievements of his ministry so...