A verified Twitter user, known for being a staunch supporter of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party(LP) in the 2023 general elections, has claimed that Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was the only presidential candidate that never had 25 percent of votes cast in the Federal Capital...
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FACT CHECK: Did Obi, Atiku vow to remove fuel subsidy first day in office as Oshiomhole claims?
Adams Oshiomhole, the former governor of Edo State, claimed during a recent interview on Channels TV that Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), and Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), promised to remove fuel subsidy on their first day in office when elected as Nigeria’s president. The former...
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FACT CHECK: Did video evidence cause Tinubu’s supporters to protest in court?
On June 10, 2023, a Twitter user who is known to be an ardent supporter of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), claimed that the supporters of Bola Tinubu, the newly elected president, who on the previous day were not present outside the courthouse, were there on June 10, protesting. The...
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FACT CHECK: Did Obi’s lawyers inform court that LP’s star witnesses were sick?
A Twitter user claimed that the lawyers of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), informed the court that two of the party’s star witnesses who ought to testify in court on Wednesday, May 31, were absent on account of sickness. The Twitter post has since generated over 13,000 views as of when...
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FACT CHECK: Does picture show a charging cord attached to Bola Tinubu’s arm?
Ahead of the May 29 official swearing-in ceremony, a picture of Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect, has circulated online with the claim that it shows a hidden ‘charging cord’ attached to his arm. The image, showing the moment Tinubu shook hands with the former British prime minister, Tony Blair, was shared by a Twitter user, @PIDOMNIGERIA...
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FACT CHECK: Bola Tinubu won only five states in the 2023 presidential election?
Dokun Ojomo has claimed in a Twitter post that Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), won only five states in the presidential election held on February 25, 2023. The post has since garnered over 330,000 views, 1,657 retweets, and 4,539 likes as of when it was retrieved from the microblogging...
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FACT CHECK: Did security agents prevent Peter Obi’s supporters from accessing the Tribunal Court?
On Friday, May 19, 2023, a Twitter user claimed that security personnel prevented supporters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, from accessing the Presidential Election Tribunal Court. This is as the pre-hearing in the petition by Obi and the LP against Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, continues today at the Appeal court. As...
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FACT CHECK: Peter Obi’s counsel at Election Tribunal also Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer?
The preliminary hearing for Nigeria’s Presidential Election Petition Tribunal was held on May 8, 2023. As expected, rumours and claims began to spread on social media. One of them is this tweet from a Twitter user who claimed that the attorney for the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was the same attorney who...
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FACT CHECK: Does image show Peter Obi taking brotherly advice from Tinubu?
On May 9, 2023, Adamu Garba, a former presidential aspirant and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), posted a picture of Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of APC and Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). He posted the picture on his Twitter page with the caption: “Tinubu’s posture: No...
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Analysis: Binani, Peter Obi, Tinubu drive social media trends
In the past few weeks, the political landscape has been rocked by a series of controversial news stories. However, two political parties and their members have been at the forefront of the discourse. These parties have engaged in a fierce war of words, each attempting to discredit the other. As a result, both parties have...