A message purported to be from the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, and former finance Minister of Nigeria, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has surfaced as a broadcast message on messaging platform WhatsApp. The claim was reported via our Check by Meedan chatbot. The claim is quoted as, “I keep receiving toxic calls and messages...
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FACT CHECK: Did Nigeria vote against immediate ceasefire in Gaza?
The CDD War Room can confirm that Nigeria did not vote against the immediate ceasefire on the war in Gaza. On two international engagements, Nigeria has voted for an immediate humanitarian truce and ceasefire in the war between Israel and Gaza. We can confirm that the image attached to the tweet shows Proposal 1, not Proposal 2. Nigeria voted “YES” in support for Proposal 2, calling for immediate action (ceasefire) on the war in Gaza.
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FACT CHECK: Is Claim About Sack of Tinubu’s Chief of Staff True?
There is currently a circulating claim that Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian president, has dismissed Femi Gbajabiamila, his chief of staff. The report, labelled as a developing story and posted on February 6, 2024, suggests that the official announcement of Gbajabiamila’s removal will be made public. This information was reposted by the “phoenix app” and widely...
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FACT CHECK: Is This Birthday Invitation From The Ministry Of Women Affairs?
A document with the letter head of the federal ministry of women affairs, purported to have originated from the ministry, is being circulated across social media platforms. The memo, dated January 29, 2023, and addressed to “all honourable ministers,” contains an invitation to the birthday ceremony of “Double Chief Kennedy Ohanenye,” the spouse of Uju...
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Is Babatunde Fashola Earning 577,000 Naira As A former Lagos State Governor? All We Know
On January 20, 2024, Babatunde Fashola, a former governor of Lagos State and the immediate past minister of works and housing, was a guest on Arise TV. The former Lagos State Governor appeared on the Arise network’s exclusive segment tagged: Life After Public Service. While answering questions on the benefit he gets for serving the...
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FACT CHECK: Has Labour Party campaign spokesperson, Kenneth Okonkwo, joined the ruling APC?
A verified X user, Chigozirim Aliyu Emeakayi has claimed in a tweet posted on January 11, 2024 that Kenneth Okonkwo, the spokesperson of the Labour Party’s presidential campaign for the 2023 general elections, has joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The tweet, which has over 62,000 views as of the time of filing this...
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FACT CHECK: Did ECOWAS Give $1.9million To 3 AES Member Countries To Fight Terrorism?
On December 8, 2023, the CDD War Room received a claim that the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) would give the sum of $1.9 million to three countries of the Alliance of Sahel States. The claim is contained in a news article published by Agence Nigerienne De Presse titled “Terrorism in the Sahel: 1.9...
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FACT CHECK: How true is the viral letter purportedly from the Forum of Igala Journalists over Kogi guber poll?
A press statement criticising Shuaibu Audu, minister of steel development, over the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign in Kogi State is circulating on social media. The press statement, which was retrieved from WhatsApp, was purportedly issued by the Forum of Igala Journalists (FORIJA). It was signed by the secretary general of the forum, Omonu Nelson,...
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FACT CHECK: Did SDP’s Murtala Ajaka step down for ADC’s Leke Abejide?
CDD War Room received a fact-check request via the MEEDAN app regarding a claim that Murtala “Muri” Ajaka, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November 11, 2023 election in Kogi State, had stepped down for Leke Abejide, the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Upon conducting thorough investigations, it...
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FACT SHIELD: All to know about INEC logistics plans for the November 11 Kogi state governorship poll
Ahead of the off-cycle elections scheduled for November 11, 2023, in Kogi state, there have been unverified narratives circulating over the logistics plans of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). These controversies include rumours circulating on social media with speculations that election materials will not be deployed to some polling units with the intent to...