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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FACT CHECK: Did APC vow to form an interim government if PDP rigged 2015 elections?
A broadcast journalist with a national television claimed that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) vowed to form an interim government against the then-ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), if the 2015 general elections were rigged. This is coming on the heels of agitations that have since trailed the outcome of the 2023 presidential election...
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FACT CHECK: Was Datti Ahmed removed from the Nigerian Senate over election rigging?
Ayo Oyalowo, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has claimed that Datti Baba-Ahmed, Labour Party’s (LP) vice presidential candidate for the 2023 presidential election, was removed from the Nigerian Senate over election rigging. Oyalowo stated this during an interview on Arise News, where he was asked to react to the agitations by...
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CDD Election War Room social media weekly trends analyses
The much-anticipated presidential and gubernatorial elections have come and gone. However, the conversation surrounding the election has not phased out and different controversial positions have begun to spurt with people discovering new career paths in politics. Some of the trending ones include: The 25% ‘Palava’ Who knew the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) would be the star...
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FACT CHECK: Was Jandor Fashola’s cameraman as Fayose claims?
Ayodele Fayose, the former governor of Ekiti state, said during an interview with Arise News on March 3, 2023, that Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor and the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was a photographer to a former governor of Lagos state. Fayose made the claim while he was speaking on...
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FACT CHECK: Did Iwuanyanwu say Yorubas are political rascals?
Charles Soludo, who was sworn in as the fifth civilian governor of Anambra state in March 2022, held a town hall meeting last weekend, to celebrate his first year in office. Former president Olusegun Obasanjo, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, chairman of the elders’ forum of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, among other dignitaries,...
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FACT CHECK: Does this video show a woman printing INEC tags?
On March 17, 2023, barely 24 hours before the gubernatorial election, a video of a woman printing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) tag at a private business center in Baruwa, Lagos, went viral online. In the video, she claimed that they want to use the tags in the East and is a job for...
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FACT CHECK: Will the US Kingpin Act affect Nigerians when Tinubu is sworn in?
On March 27, 2023, a Twitter user tweeted a picture with the caption “If Bola Tinubu becomes President, the citizens of Nigeria are going to go through hell trying to access Western nations. Please, read the Kingpin act. 😭” Claim: Did Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s President-elect, violate any part of the US Kingpin Act? Will the “Western...
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FACT CHECK: INEC yet to declare Labour Party’s Alex Otti as governor-elect in Abia
On March 18, 2023, a Twitter user claimed that Alex Otti, The Labour Party gubernatorial candidate for Abia state, has won the election. The post was posted alongside this caption, “JUST IN: Alexi Otti wins Abia state Governorship election and is now the Governor-elect of Abia State.” The post has since garnered over 298,000 views...
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FACT CHECK: Did APGA sponsor vote-buying in Anambra?
There are allegations that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) was at the forefront of vote-buying during the March 18, 2023, governorship and state assembly elections in Anambra. These claims have been widely circulated and shared across various social media platforms. Verification Anambra did not hold a governorship election, but there was a state house...