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FACT CHECK: Did LP candidate for the Anambra guber election suspend campaigns after Onitsha shooting?

FACT CHECK: Did LP candidate for the Anambra guber election suspend campaigns after Onitsha shooting?

On September 9, 2025, a tragic shooting incident occurred at Onitsha Main Market, Anambra State, involving operatives from the Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) Brigade. Reports indicate that at least four people, including a pregnant woman, were killed, sparking widespread outrage and calls for accountability. Amidst this, claims emerged that Dr. George Moghalu, the...

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FACT CHECK:  Is Peter Obi the first Nigerian presidential candidate to publicly give account of his election campaign funds? 

On February 15, 2024, a claim went viral on WhatsApp and X (formerly Twitter) that Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour party in the 2023 general elections, was the first ever presidential candidate in the history of Nigerian democracy to publicly give account for his campaign funding.   The post garnered over 353,000 views,...

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FACT CHECK: Did The Nigerian Police Apprehend Julius Abure, Labour Party’s National Chairman?

FACT CHECK: Did The Nigerian Police Apprehend Julius Abure, Labour Party’s National Chairman?

On February 21, 2023, an X user (formerly Twitter) tweeted that Julius Abure had been apprehended by the Police. Attached to the tweet is a video and picture allegedly showing the moment he was apprehended.  “BREAKING: In a dramatic turn of events today in Benin, Edo state, the Nigerian Police have apprehended Julius Abure, the...

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FACT CHECK: Has Labour Party campaign spokesperson, Kenneth Okonkwo, joined the ruling APC?

FACT CHECK: Has Labour Party campaign spokesperson, Kenneth Okonkwo, joined the ruling APC?

A verified X user, Chigozirim Aliyu Emeakayi has claimed in a tweet posted on January 11, 2024 that Kenneth Okonkwo, the spokesperson of the Labour Party’s presidential campaign for the 2023 general elections, has joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The tweet, which has over 62,000 views as of the time of filing this...

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FACT-CHECK: Is Justice Tsammani battling prostate cancer, confined to wheelchair?

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: Did Supreme Court bar foreign media outlets from the hearing on Obi, Atiku’s appeals?

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: Has Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Fixed September 16 for Judgement?

FACT CHECK: Has Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Fixed September 16 for Judgement?

On the morning of Monday, August 28, 2023, Nigerians awoke to the news that the much-anticipated Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) judgement had been scheduled for September 16, 2023.  Going by discussions on social media, the date is anticipated to be when the election tribunal court will announce its verdict regarding the election petitions filed...

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FACT CHECK: Did the judges acknowledge Chimamanda Adichie in court?

FACT CHECK: Did the judges acknowledge Chimamanda Adichie in court?

A social media user has claimed that the judges at the Presidential Election Petition Court on August 1, 2023, acknowledged the presence of award-winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie. The claim was discovered on Twitter, where it had received over four thousand likes and had been viewed over 72 thousand times as of the time of this...

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