A video claiming a lawyer was making an objection against the live broadcast of the Presidential Election Tribunal has circulated online. The video was circulated on Twitter on the same day the Presidential Tribunal held the inaugural sitting. In the 4 minutes and 20 seconds long footage, the lawyer could be heard saying, “The video-vising,...
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FACT CHECK: Did bill to regulate Christian preaching scale second reading at Nigerian Senate?
Over the weekend, a viral tweet with the claim that moves to regulate preaching by Christians, began making the rounds on social media. The Tweet which has over 700,000 interactions reads, “Nigerian Senate moves to regulate Christian preaching as bill scales second reading.” Claim: Bill to regulate Christian preaching passed second reading at the Nigerian...
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FACT CHECK: Shehu Sani Levels Multiple Allegations Against Buhari’s Administration
As the president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari’s eight (8) years tenure ends, there have been several discourse in terms of his performances. Shehu Sani a former senator, made several claims regarding the performance of the outgoing president on his official Twitter page on May 3, 2023. The tweet has garnered over 223,000 views as of...
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FACT CHECK: Binani’s campaign coordinator makes multiple false claims about Adamawa guber poll
Vrati Nzonzo, the campaign coordinator for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa’s gubernatorial election, made multiple claims while speaking on Channels Television over the issues that trailed the state’s recently concluded supplementary election. The Adamawa guber poll held on March 18, 2023 and was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral...
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Analysis: Binani, Peter Obi, Tinubu drive social media trends
In the past few weeks, the political landscape has been rocked by a series of controversial news stories. However, two political parties and their members have been at the forefront of the discourse. These parties have engaged in a fierce war of words, each attempting to discredit the other. As a result, both parties have...
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FACT CHECK: Did Peter Obi admit he was arrested for ‘unknowingly’ breaking the law?
During the week, different Twitter users claimed that the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi had acknowledged that he “unknowingly” broke a law. The different tweets which have garnered over 800,000 engagements come against the backdrop of Obi’s alleged detention by the UK Immigration Service at London’s Heathrow Airport in early April. VERDICT: Misleading...
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FACT CHECK: Does INEC lack powers to nullify announced results as Elisha Abbo claims?
Elisha Abbo, a senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, has claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lacks the power to nullify results that have already been declared by the commission. Abbo is a senator under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC). Abbo made this claim in a Channels TV interview on...
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FACT CHECK: Did Ayu fail to deliver PU, ward, LGA for PDP as Wike claims?
Nyesom Wike, a two-term governor of Rivers state, has made multiple claims during a recent media chat with journalists, where he was asked to react to the post-election controversies in the state. Wike, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the party was only being vigilant after winning the March 18 gubernatorial election,...
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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: Were hundreds of corps members killed after 2011 elections as Udenta claims?
A professor and election analyst, Udenta Udenta, has made multiple claims about the conduct of Nigeria’s 2011 general elections. Udenta, who is the founding national secretary of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), made these claims during an interview on Arise News, where he was asked to speak to the controversies trailing the outcome of the...