A news report claiming that European leaders shunned and declined to meet with Bola Tinubu has circulated online. A verified Twitter user, @Dr_chazduke, shared the report on Sunday, May 14, 2023, with the caption, “BREAKING NEWS: Bola Tinubu Shunned by Europe’s Leaders, Decline To Meet With Him. No be Peter Obi or Obidients do this...
Category: Governance
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FACT CHECK: Did Bola Tinubu sign the self-accounting bill for Lagos legislature while he was governor?
The former speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, in an interview on AriseTV, spoke about the zoning of key positions in the 10th Senate and issues about Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, as well as the expected relationship between Tinubu and the National Assembly. He said, “The issue of the self-accounting for...
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FACT CHECK: Did lawyer query judge over live broadcast of presidential election tribunal?
A video claiming a lawyer was making an objection against the live broadcast of the Presidential Election Tribunal has circulated online. The video was circulated on Twitter on the same day the Presidential Tribunal held the inaugural sitting. In the 4 minutes and 20 seconds long footage, the lawyer could be heard saying, “The video-vising,...
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FACT CHECK: Did bill to regulate Christian preaching scale second reading at Nigerian Senate?
Over the weekend, a viral tweet with the claim that moves to regulate preaching by Christians, began making the rounds on social media. The Tweet which has over 700,000 interactions reads, “Nigerian Senate moves to regulate Christian preaching as bill scales second reading.” Claim: Bill to regulate Christian preaching passed second reading at the Nigerian...
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FACT CHECK: Shehu Sani Levels Multiple Allegations Against Buhari’s Administration
As the president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari’s eight (8) years tenure ends, there have been several discourse in terms of his performances. Shehu Sani a former senator, made several claims regarding the performance of the outgoing president on his official Twitter page on May 3, 2023. The tweet has garnered over 223,000 views as of...
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Fact Check: Did Buhari promise to create 3 million jobs annually in 2015?
Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, during an interview on Arise TV on May 2, 2023 made some claims in defense of his just released fact sheet on the out-going administration. Claim 1: Buhari did not promise to create 3 million jobs per annum in his 2015 campaign. Outlining...
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FACT CHECK: Does video show Wike saying Peter Obi won the presidential election?
A Twitter user posted a video of Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, alongside the claim that he said Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) was the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The tweet, posted on April 17, 2023, has since garnered over 81,000 views, as of when it was retrieved...
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FACT CHECK: No civil service strike during Ortom’s tenure as Benue governor?
Samuel Ortom claimed on Arise News television that the civil service has not embarked on industrial actions since his emergence as the governor of Benue state. This was as the governor was giving remarks on the scorecard of his eight-year administration in the state. Reacting to the alleged statement by Hyacinth Alia, the governor-elect, that...
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FACT CHECK: Did the US place a visa ban on INEC chairman, Wike?
On April 2, 2023, a Twitter user claimed that the United States of America (USA) slammed a visa ban on Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nyesom Wike the governor of Rivers state, and several others allegedly involved in electoral malpractices in the just concluded general elections. “USA slams visa ban...
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Fact Check: Did the former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, show up at the National Collation Center in Abuja with the original result sheets of the 36 states and the FCT?
Claim: Obasanjo storms National Collation Centre with results of 36 states. Verdict: False Context: Social media went agog on Sunday, 26th February with the news that former president Olusegun Obasanjo, showed up at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation centre in Abuja with original result sheets of the 36 states of the federation and...