Politics
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CLAIM: Did President Buhari’s administration provide an enabling environment for private sector business? CONTEXT: The President in his speech on… Read more.
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Ahead of the May 29 official swearing-in ceremony, a picture of Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect, has circulated online with the… Read more.
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Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made a number of claims in an interview on AriseTV.… Read more.
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Dokun Ojomo has claimed in a Twitter post that Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC),… Read more.
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CLAIM: Ganduje’s Plans to Scuttle Presidential Tribunal’s Verdict CONTEXT: On May 20, 2023, Reno Omokri, an aide to Goodluck Jonathan,… Read more.
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In an interview with Arise News, the governor of Cross River state, Ben Ayade, made multiple claims in response to… Read more.
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On Friday, May 19, 2023, a Twitter user claimed that security personnel prevented supporters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of… Read more.
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A broadcast message making the rounds on social media, particularly on WhatsApp, claims that Haruna Simon Tsamani, a justice of… Read more.
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A news report claiming that European leaders shunned and declined to meet with Bola Tinubu has circulated online. A verified… Read more.
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The preliminary hearing for Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal was held on May 8, 2023. As expected, rumours and claims… Read more.
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Methods
- Weekly field observations along fixed routes.
- Short interviews using a consistent guide.
- Sensor readings checked at the start of each session.
- Cleaning decisions documented as a changelog.
- Processing: normalized timestamps; flagged gaps; spot-checked outliers.
- Limits: some missing intervals during battery replacement.
Data & Ethics
Data
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Ethics
Consent protocols used where applicable.
Contact
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