On March 1, 2023, a Twitter user accused Kashim Shettima, the Nigeria Vice President-elect and running mate to Bola Tinubu of being on the United States’ Watchlist for terrorism. The Twitter user said, “Vice President-Elect is on US Watchlist for Terrorism. Omo”. Barely four hours after he tweeted, the tweet has garnered over 72,000 views. ...
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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...
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FACT CHECK: How accurate were Tinubu’s claims at NESG presidential dialogue?
Claim I: “I never worked for the government before, I only guide the government. I was the governor of Lagos state and that was my first public life.” Context: Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Peoples Congress (APC), claimed in an interactive session with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) that he had...
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FACT CHECK: Has APC completed the Second Niger Bridge as Tinubu claimed?
In January 2022, Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, at the Enugu presidential campaign rally said the Second Niger Bridge was completed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) and would soon be commissioned. In his words, “that bridge (second Niger) is completed by APC, you will soon see a commissioning for your movements, to move...
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Buhari’s Claim on Crude Oil Prices from 1999-2015 Inaccurate
CLAIM: President Muhammadu Buhari while on a one-day visit to Imo State on Tuesday, said Nigeria earned an average of $100 per barrel from 1999 to 2015, but past leaders could not improve the country’s infrastructure.
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Does Nigeria Have About 190k Polling Units?
CLAIM: CDD fact checkers spotted a trending tweet by Daniel Bwala, a lawyer and until recently served as a special adviser on legal matters to the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege.