Controversies have continued to trail the recently concluded presidential and senatorial elections which were held on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the president-elect. However, leading opposing parties like the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) have since...
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FACT CHECK: Does video show Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour’s sister campaigning for Sanwo-Olu?
A video has circulated online with multiple claims that it shows Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi campaigning for Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is seeking a second four-year term as Lagos state governor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Titilola is the sister of Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State. Ahead...
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FACT CHECK: Did GRV burn cars, houses during EndSARS protest as FFK claims?
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK) claimed that the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (GRV), burnt property and buses during the EndSARs protest in the state. The EndSARS protest which rocked the nation in 2020 was an uprising of young people against police brutality in Nigeria. The...
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Fact Check: Did the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi win 19 states in the 2023 general elections?
Claim: Peter Obi won 19 states in the just-concluded presidential elections. Verdict: False Context: A post on Twitter and Facebook went viral, claiming the announcement of the presidential election result by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, won the election with 19 states according to...
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FACT CHECK: Will INEC reconfiguration of BVAS erase presidential election data?
In the last few days, there has been news going around that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wants to reconfigure the Bimordal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS). There are insinuations that the configuration will erase all the data on the system in preparation for the gubernatorial and state assembly elections. Similarly, the BVAS configuration has...
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FACT CHECK: Is Ireti Kingibe the first elected female senator for FCT?
On March 6, 2023, Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, and the second runner-up in the just-concluded presidential election, met with the newly elected senator for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe. Shortly after the meeting, Peter Obi posted on Twitter that she just became the first elected female senator for the...
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FACT CHECK: Does Obio Akpor LGA result on INEC portal differ from what was announced?
A Twitter user accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), of electoral malpractice. According to the handle, the Obio Akpor LGA result uploaded by the electoral commission on the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) differed from that which was announced by the commission. Verification INEC on Tuesday, February 28, 2022, announced results from Rivers state....
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FACT CHECK: Did Datti say Labour Party won 19 states as Fani-Kayode claims?
Femi Fani-Kayode, spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, quoted a tweet allegedly made by the Labour Party Vice-Presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. According to Fani-Kayode, Datti posted a rumoured result from the recently conducted 2023 presidential election connoting that his party supposedly won the conducted election. Fani-Kayode called for the arrest...
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FACT CHECK: Does video show Nigerians protesting Tinubu’s victory in the UK?
A video of people chanting “give us Obi” has been shared on social media alongside claims that it shows Nigerians abroad protesting against the victory of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress in the February 25 presidential election. The 2023 general elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which took place in...
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FACT SHIELD: How to avoid falling for fake election results online
The eagerly anticipated Nigerian 2023 presidential and national assembly elections, which were scheduled for Saturday, February 25, have since taken place. According to reports, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials arrived late to several polling units, and this caused the voting process to start very slowly around the nation. As a result, some of...