Ahead of the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, we are beaming our searchlight on two important demography of actors who form an integral part of the democratic and electoral process in the state and the country at large. They are the people living with disabilities (PWD) and the least prominent political parties.
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FACT CHECK: Did Nigerian professor, who won $300,000 Dan David prize, ask Tinubu to ‘restore stolen mandate’?
Saheed Aderinto, a Nigerian professor of History and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University, was earlier reported to have won the Dan David Prize, which is known as the largest history prize in the world. Nigerians at home and abroad, including President Muhammadu Buhari, have since showered encomium on the Nigerian-American professor following his...
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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: Does viral video show Dino Melaye campaigning for Peter Obi?
Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, posted a video via his verified Twitter handle, claiming to show Dino Melaye, a spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, asking Nigerians to support Peter Obi of the Labour Party. The renowned musician, who is a staunch supporter of Obi, the Labour Party presidential...
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FACT CHECK: Does this video show Peter Obi begging Nigerians to vote Atiku in 2023?
A video seen nearly a hundred thousand times on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter claims to show Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), “begging Nigerians” to vote for Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming 2023 presidential election. The video, posted by former Senator Dino Melaye, a campaign...