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Fact Check: Anambra Does Not Have An Airport – Reno Omokri
Fact Check
March 10, 2018January 9, 2023

Fact Check: Anambra Does Not Have An Airport – Reno Omokri

CLAIM: A frontline supporter of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Reno Omokri has claimed that 15 years after the people of Anambra voted Peter Obi, the state doesn’t have an airport.

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Is Peter Obi’s Claim that Nigeria Has About 100 Players in NBA True?
Anti-Corruption
March 10, 2018January 9, 2023

Is Peter Obi’s Claim that Nigeria Has About 100 Players in NBA True?

CLAIM: Peter Obi claimed that Nigeria has about 100 players in NBA.

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Is The NCDC Disbursing COVID-19 Survival Funds To Nigerians?
Covid-19Fact Check
March 10, 2018January 9, 2023

Is The NCDC Disbursing COVID-19 Survival Funds To Nigerians?

CONTEXT: A message purportedly from the Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, is currently making the rounds on WhatsApp. The message alleged that the DG was available to authorize payments from the COVID-19 survival funds.

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Did Members of the PDP’s Executive Committee in Kwara State Decamp to APC?
Anti-Corruption
February 27, 2018January 9, 2023

Did Members of the PDP’s Executive Committee in Kwara State Decamp to APC?

CLAIM: All executive members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State have defected to the APC.

VERDICT: False

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CHECKING CLAIMS MADE DURING ATIKU’S INTERVIEW
Anti-Corruption
January 23, 2018January 9, 2023

CHECKING CLAIMS MADE DURING ATIKU’S INTERVIEW

CONTEXT: In a one-hour exclusive interview on Arise TV, the former Vice President of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar made several claims that are fact-check worthy.

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Are Nigeria’s Federal, Appeal and Supreme Courts Headed by Christians?
Anti-Corruption
January 20, 2018January 9, 2023

Are Nigeria’s Federal, Appeal and Supreme Courts Headed by Christians?

CONTEXT: A former aviation minister and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Femi Fani Kayode popularly known as FFK, recently took to his Twitter handle to say that the federal high court, appeal court and the supreme court are all headed by Christians.

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Are 40% of Osun Voters Between 18-34 years?
Anti-Corruption
January 20, 2018January 9, 2023

Are 40% of Osun Voters Between 18-34 years?

Are 40% of Osun Voters Between 18-34 years?

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HAS INEC RECOGNISED SENATE PRESIDENT LAWAN, AKPABIO AS SENATORIAL CANDIDATES?
Anti-Corruption
January 6, 2018January 9, 2023

HAS INEC RECOGNISED SENATE PRESIDENT LAWAN, AKPABIO AS SENATORIAL CANDIDATES?

Claim: On August 9, 2022, Sahara Reporters published a breaking news: Nigerian Electoral Body, INEC Succumbs To Pressure From Ruling APC, Backdates Documents To Recognise Senate President Lawan, Akpabio As Senatorial Candidates.

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