A social media blog during the week reported that Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye advised women in the country to shut up and forgive their abusive husbands. Claims and counter claims over the veracity of the report have flooded social media. According to the report, Kennedy-Ohanenye, while speaking during a Conference of Commissioners...
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FACT SHIELD: Unmasking parody accounts and identifying authentic handles on Twitter
While fact-checking initiatives play vital roles in providing accurate information to counter false narratives, despite their efforts, fact-checks often struggle to achieve the same level of traction and reach as the original 'fake news' stories. This disparity in impact poses a significant challenge in mitigating the influence of misinformation.
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FACT CHECK: How True Is Senator Ishaku Abbo’s Claim Of Election Annulment By INEC?
CLAIM: Senator Ishaku Abbo Claim of Election Annulment by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) VERDICT: False and Misleading CONTEXT: Senator Ishaku Abbo, representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, has said the Electoral Act 2022 forbids the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from declaring the collated results in the Adamawa State governorship election null and void. Speaking...
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How CDD Election War Room tackled ‘fake news’ during elections
Compiled by Valeria Ogide and Felix Tola-Winjobi With the 2023 general election in Nigeria coming to an end, the CDD Election War Room looks back on what has been a very misinformation-heavy election. In the last three months, the War Room has published more than 100 fact checks in an attempt to moderate the information...
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FACT CHECK: How true is Ademola Adeleke’s claim that he introduced ‘fact check’ in Nigeria?
Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun state, South-West, during a virtual interview with Channels TV last weekend, claimed that he introduced fact-checking in Nigeria. Adeleke made this claim while he was reacting to the latest Appeal Court ruling which upheld his victory at the Osun gubernatorial election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on...
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FACT CHECK: Has Adamu Garba abandoned APC to support Peter Obi?
On February 13, 2023, multiple Twitter users claimed Adamu Garba, an APC supporter and member of the Tinubu/Shetima Grassroots Independent Campaign Council, has denounced his membership of the party. Some of the posts further claimed that Garba was set to join the youth in support for the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, stating that the...
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FACT CHECK: Does this video show Rivers PDP endorsing Peter Obi?
On February 1, 2023, a Twitter user shared a video alongside a claim that River state PDP has endorsed Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 presidential election. The video, which has been viewed by over 400,000 accounts at the time of this report, was shared alongside the caption: “Breaking: River...
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FACT CHECK: Did Obi sponsor the first black female to perform a heart surgery?
CLAIM: Obi sponsored the first black female to perform a heart surgery VERDICT: False CONTEXT: A certain KanuBonaventure tweeted on January 7, 2023 that an Igbo girl was sponsored by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, who performed heart surgery in 30 minutes. The tweet reads: “Chiamaka a 20 years old...
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FACT CHECK: Did PDP pay N95m for campaign venue in Rivers?
CLAIM: PDP paid 95 million naira for a campaign venue in Rivers VERDICT: False CONTEXT: A former senator, represented Kaduna Central at the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani, tweeted on January on Saturday, saying the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State paid N95 million for a campaign venue. The tweet was republished by some blogs...