Simon Ekpa, one of the leaders of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), today asserted that the Igbo, an ethnic group in eastern Nigeria, had rejected the country by refusing to participate in the ongoing general elections. Earlier, Ekpa had called on southeasterners to boycott the election, following a sit-at-home order. He tweeted these images...
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FACT-CHECK: Is this shooting from Nigeria’s presidential election?
A video making the rounds on various social media platforms is shared alongside claims that it shows election day violence from Nigeria’s ongoing presidential election. Two men on motorcycles are seen wielding guns and scattering boxes in the video; one of the men appears to have been shot to death by military officers. This user...
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FACT CHECK: Did Obasanjo stop 1.5m Chadians from coming to vote APC in Kano, Kaduna?
Reports alleging that former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo blocked 100 truck containers carrying nearly 1.5 million Chadians from entering Nigeria are going viral on social media. This report which has gone viral on various social media platforms was attributed to singer Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy. According to the report, Obasanjo had...
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FACT CHECK: Did INEC omit Labour Party logo from ballot papers in Lagos, Ondo? Here is what we know
Barely 24 hours before Nigeria’s general elections, there have been reports circulating on social media that the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) did not include the Labour Party Logo on some ballot papers to be used for elections on February 25. According to the reports, the ballot papers for the National Assembly elections did not have...
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FACT CHECK: Audio of Atiku, Okowa, Tambuwal planning with INEC to rig elections is doctored
On Friday, February 24, an audio file ascribed to Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, began making rounds on social media. According to those sharing the voice note, the audio allegedly shows Atiku, his running mate, and the governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, discussing how to rig the election. The audio...
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FACT SHIELD: 10 ways to land in jail on election day
As we prepare to cast our votes on Saturday, it is essential that we continue to be law-abiding citizens. Ignorance of the law is not an excuse. To help you stay within the law, the CDD election war room has compiled a list of behaviours and actions that the law considers to be crimes on election...
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How to locate your polling unit and all you need to prepare for Saturday’s elections
With Nigeria’s general election barely hours away now, it is extremely important to avoid the consequences of last-minute or no preparation at all. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has put out a body of information to arm citizens with the knowledge of preparation to be made, to ease the entire process. As such, we...
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Online Operations: Nigeria’s 2023 Social Media Election Campaigns
The number of active social media users in Nigeria has risen from 27 million, in 2019, to 36 million ahead of the 2023 elections. But given the challenge of prevailing misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, and the way such disinformation can permeate into the media more generally1, greater access to online information does...
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FACT CHECK: Tinubu supporters make multiple false claims on fuel scarcity under PDP, APC govts
As Nigeria’s general elections draw closer, controversies have continued to trail the lingering scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol across the country. Following the emergence of fuel scarcity which led to long queues at filling stations in major cities across the country, the Independent Petroleum Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), said...
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FACT SHIELD: You can be jailed 12 months for printing your PVC
The Nigerian presidential election, scheduled for February 25, is less than 20 days away, yet only roughly 79% of registered voters have their permanent voters card (PVC), which is required by law to vote. As a result of the difficulty encountered by intended voters in obtaining their PVC, many are looking for alternatives that will...