There is a circulating claim on WhatsApp that the Commissioner of Police in Kogi State, Bethrand Onuoha, has been transferred to another state. One of CDD’s trained “soldiers of mouth” in Kogi State spotted the claim and shared it for verification. This claim is of concern because it comes at a time voters in Kogi...
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FACT SHIELD: Muri, Yahaya and Restraining Orders
There is a viral message circulating on various social media platforms claiming that a federal high court has issued an injunction preventing all security agencies in the country from apprehending or detaining Murtala Ajaka, the gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kogi State. This has raised questions regarding why a restraining order...
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FACT CHECK: How true is the claim that bandits have asked all churches in Nigeria to shut down?
A video is making the rounds on social media with the claim that bandits have issued threat letters in which they have ordered all churches in Nigeria to shut down. The video, which was retrieved from WhatsApp on Sunday, October 29, 2023, shows a social media influencer with the alias Edobabe, alongside a clip of...
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FACT-CHECK: Is Justice Tsammani battling prostate cancer, confined to wheelchair?
Multiple reports circulating online claim that Justice Haruna Simon Tsammani, head of the five-man panel of the 2023 Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), is battling prostate cancer and has been confined to a wheelchair. This is coming barely two months after the PEPC delivered its judgement on the petitions filed by Peter Obi, candidate of...
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FACT CHECK: Is this video evidence of collection of PVC in exchange for palliatives in Owerri West?
During the week an X (formerly Twitter) user accused political actors in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of compelling voters to hand in their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in exchange for palliative items. The user posted a video claiming this amounts to voter inducement ahead of the November 11, governorship poll in Imo State....
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FACT CHECK: Did Supreme Court bar foreign media outlets from the hearing on Obi, Atiku’s appeals?
A news report is circulating online, claiming that foreign media outlets were prohibited from attending the hearing of the appeals filed by Peter Obi; presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), and Atiku Abubakar; presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The report, with the headline, “SUPREME COURT...
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FACT CHECK: How true is claim by LP’s Achonu that events no longer hold in Orlu zone, Imo?
Athan Achonu, the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party for the November 11 off-cycle governorship election in Imo state, recently had an interview on national TV where he spoke about issues bordering on the internal wranglings of the party and the security situation in the state. During the interview, Achonu made multiple claims regarding the...
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FACT CHECK: Imo state houses the largest gas reserves in West Africa?
Jerry Chukwuekwe, the chief technical adviser to Hope Uzodinma, the incumbent governor of Imo state, claimed in a recent interview that the state hosts the largest gas reserves in West Africa. He made this known while speaking on the governor’s bid for re-election in the upcoming gubernatorial election scheduled for November 11, 2023. While discussing...
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FACT CHECK: Did Hope Uzodinma promise 4,000 people jobs and relocation to Europe, Canada?
During the week, an X user (formerly Twitter) posted a video of Imo state governor Hope Uzodinma. The post claimed that the governor had promised to relocate 4,000 people to Europe and Canada through job creation. He wrote, “A governor is promising 4000 youths japa. A state governor o. No! This is the height. I’m...
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UPDATED: Euromonitor refutes claim that it ranked Nigeria 4th largest consumer of sugary drinks globally
Euromonitor International, a global market research organisation, has refuted the claim that it ranked Nigeria as the fourth largest consumer of sugary drinks globally. Recall that Adewunmi Emoruwa, an X user, had claimed in a tweet dated July 9, 2023, that “Nigeria is the 4th largest sugary drinks consuming country on earth”. We checked the...