Dino Melaye, the spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, posted a video on Twitter on March 15, 2023, disputing the United States (US) congratulatory message to Bola Tinubu on victory at the polls. Melaye’s tweet was caption: “US congratulate Tinubu: No be the man dey talk ooo. Watch him mouth. Which...
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FACT CHECK: Did GRV burn cars, houses during EndSARS protest as FFK claims?
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) claimed that the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV), burnt property and buses during the EndSARs protest in the state. The EndSARS protest which rocked the nation in 2020 was an uprising of young people against police brutality in Nigeria. The...
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FACT CHECK: Have international leaders called for cancellation of 2023 presidential election?
An image showing multiple international leaders, with captions of them disapproving of the recently conducted presidential elections in Nigeria has been circulating on WhatsApp and other social media platforms. Some of the individuals shown in this image are the United Nations (UN) Secretary-general, António Guterres; The President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping;...
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FACT CHECK: No, Anonymous did not say Tinubu paid $200m to INEC chairman
Barely five days after the 2023 general elections, a Facebook page that claimed to be the notorious hacking group Anonymous accused Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of corruption. The page alleged that Yakubu was hosted by Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, who gave the INEC...
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FACT CHECK: Did African Union reject Bola Tinubu as president-elect?
An image showing African leaders has been shared online alongside claims that it shows the African Union (AU) rejecting Bola Tinubu as the president-elect of Nigeria. According to the post, the AU also banned the exportation of goods and services from Nigeria to all other African partners. Background The General Elections in Nigeria comprise the...
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FACT CHECK: Wike strategising to rig 2023 elections as leaked audio claims?
A viral audio accusing Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers state, of voter intimidation began trending days after the general elections. In the alleged audio-visual, Wike could be heard liaising with what people reported to be staffs of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as well as his aides through a telephone call on how...
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FACT CHECK: TikTok video showing INEC declaring Peter Obi winner of the election is fake
With election results being compiled around the country from the just concluded general elections, many fake results and false announcements of results have begun to go viral. One such false viral announcement is the declaration of Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, as the winner of the presidential election. In the viral video which...
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FACT CHECK: Did Obasanjo stop 1.5m Chadians from coming to vote APC in Kano, Kaduna?
Reports alleging that former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo blocked 100 truck containers carrying nearly 1.5 million Chadians from entering Nigeria are going viral on social media. This report which has gone viral on various social media platforms was attributed to singer Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy. According to the report, Obasanjo had...
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FACT CHECK: Audio of Atiku, Okowa, Tambuwal planning with INEC to rig elections is doctored
On Friday, February 24, an audio file ascribed to Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, began making rounds on social media. According to those sharing the voice note, the audio allegedly shows Atiku, his running mate, and the governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, discussing how to rig the election. The audio...
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FACT CHECK: Are Labour Party state chairmen working against Peter Obi? Here is what we know
On Thursday, February 23, 2022, Bashir Ahmad, the Deputy Director, Special Media Projects/New Media, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), alleged that the chairmen of the Labour Party (LP) from the 36 states had claimed that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the party, could not win on Saturday’s election because...