Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, made multiple controversial claims at a town hall meeting held by Channels Television on January 8, 2023. Obi made these claims while speaking extensively on major issues and challenges faced by various sectors of the country. But how true are they? While discussing the economy, Obi said Nigeria’s...
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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: Did Kashim Shettima say he’s sick and unfit?
On January 10, 2023, a Twitter user with the name “Peter Obi’s Feminine Voice” (@itzz_blitz1) tweeted that “the vice presidential candidate of the APC has confirmed that he’s sick and unfit as the Nigeria elections approaches.” He attached an infographic containing an extract of Kashim Shettima’s interview with public commentators, as reported by an online...
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FACT CHECK: Femi Fani-Kayode makes multiple false claims about Peter Obi
Femi Fani Kayode has made multiple false claims about Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, ahead of the February 2023 general elections. Fani-Kayode, who was appointed the director of Special Media Projects and New Media of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council in September 2022, made these claims when featured on TVC’s Politics tonight...
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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...
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FACT CHECK: Does this video show Peter Obi begging Nigerians to vote Atiku in 2023?
A video seen nearly a hundred thousand times on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter claims to show Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), “begging Nigerians” to vote for Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming 2023 presidential election. The video, posted by former Senator Dino Melaye, a campaign...
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Did T.Y Danjuma Donate Private Jet To #ObiDatti Campaign as Widely Circulated?
Did T.Y Danjuma Donate Private Jet To #ObiDatti Campaign as Widely Circulated?
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Are There 10 Nigerian States with Bigger GDPs Than Some African Countries?
CONTEXT: Nigeria Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo while receiving a group of Harvard Business School students at the State House in Abuja, urged the international community not to compare Nigeria to some smaller African countries in terms of economy. His statement read,
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Checking Claims Made By the Health Minister, Osagie Ehanire
CONTEXT: Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has claimed that there are enough doctors in Nigeria. During a press conference, he made the assertion in Abuja on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. He said,
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Fact Check: Bayero University Kano Never Cancelled 2019/2020 Academic Session
Fact Check: Bayero University Kano Never Cancelled 2019/2020 Academic Session