On September 12, 2023, a video with several captions was circulated across the X (formerly Twitter) social media platform. The 45 seconds long video has different captions that include: “Palace of the Eze of Orlu was burnt by unknown people, following his open Support for Gov. Hope Uzodinma.#iPhone15Pro #AbujaTwitterCommunity #AbujaXCommunity #AbujaTradeFair #Lagos #LaResistenciaLulo #AllInLoveWithHanbin” Another...
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FACT CHECK: Did the judges acknowledge Chimamanda Adichie in court?
A social media user has claimed that the judges at the Presidential Election Petition Court on August 1, 2023, acknowledged the presence of award-winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie. The claim was discovered on Twitter, where it had received over four thousand likes and had been viewed over 72 thousand times as of the time of this...
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FACT CHECK: Did Tinubu vow to reduce fuel price to N100 per litre?
Social media influencer, Gossip Mill Nigeria, recently shared a video purporting to capture the moment when Bola Tinubu promised to reduce fuel price to N100 per litre if elected as Nigeria’s President. On the verified Twitter handle of the influencer, Tinubu was quoted to have said in the video, “Fuel is N200 per litre now,...
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FACT SHIELD: Ministerial Appointments And The Constitutional Requirements
57 days after being sworn in, Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president is yet to submit a list of ministerial nominees to the Senate for ratification. The absence of the much-awaited list has triggered a flurry of speculations and hints among citizens eagerly anticipating the appointment of key officials in the administration. Amidst the anticipation, there have...
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FACT CHECK: Claims On INEC Transmission of Results Checked
At the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Friday, June 16, 2023, the counsel representing the All Progressive Congress (APC) claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced that the results of the presidential election would not be transmitted live. Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Abiodun Owonikoko stated that the INEC chairman made the...
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FACT SHIELD: What Does It Mean To Close A Case?
According to reports, Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has closed his election petition case against Bola Tinubu, the newly sworn-in president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The story was headlined “Atiku Abubakar closes case against Tinubu” by many news outlets across the country. While those familiar with legal terms may...
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FACT CHECK: How true are Jandor’s claims about GRV after Lagos guber poll?
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has made multiple claims bordering on the governorship bid of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV), the candidate of the Labour Party (LP). In an interview on Arise TV, Jandor was questioned on the aftermath of the 2023 Lagos gubernatorial election, where...
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FACT CHECK: Was Peter Obi deported from the UK as Fani-Kayode claims?
On April 12, 2023, Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain made a post via the micro-blogging platform Twitter. Fani-Kayode stated that Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, was accosted, detained and deported back to Nigeria. “Poor @PeterObi! Accosted, detained & deported back to Nigeria like a common criminal by the...
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FACT CHECK: Does picture show Tinubu and Buhari in Mecca as Sam Omatseye claims?
A Nigerian journalist and author, Sam Omatseye, has claimed that Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu were together in Mecca on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. The claim was made alongside a picture showing the incumbent president and the president-elect, which he posted on his verified Twitter handle on April 12, 2023. The post has since garnered...
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How CDD Election War Room tackled ‘fake news’ during elections
Compiled by Valeria Ogide and Felix Tola-Winjobi With the 2023 general election in Nigeria coming to an end, the CDD Election War Room looks back on what has been a very misinformation-heavy election. In the last three months, the War Room has published more than 100 fact checks in an attempt to moderate the information...