A news report claiming that European leaders shunned and declined to meet with Bola Tinubu has circulated online. A verified Twitter user, @Dr_chazduke, shared the report on Sunday, May 14, 2023, with the caption, “BREAKING NEWS: Bola Tinubu Shunned by Europe’s Leaders, Decline To Meet With Him. No be Peter Obi or Obidients do this...
Tag: Presidential Election
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FACT CHECK: Did lawyer query judge over live broadcast of presidential election tribunal?
A video claiming a lawyer was making an objection against the live broadcast of the Presidential Election Tribunal has circulated online. The video was circulated on Twitter on the same day the Presidential Tribunal held the inaugural sitting. In the 4 minutes and 20 seconds long footage, the lawyer could be heard saying, “The video-vising,...
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FACT CHECK: Did the 2023 presidential election record less than 20 million votes?
The chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Buba Galadima, while appearing at an interview on AriseTV, spoke on the just-concluded 2023 presidential election. Claim I: Buba Galadima claimed that less than 20 million people voted during the 2023 presidential election Verdict: False Verification:The 2023 presidential election had a total of 24.9 million recorded...
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FACT CHECK: Did Peter Obi admit he was arrested for ‘unknowingly’ breaking the law?
During the week, different Twitter users claimed that the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi had acknowledged that he “unknowingly” broke a law. The different tweets which have garnered over 800,000 engagements come against the backdrop of Obi’s alleged detention by the UK Immigration Service at London’s Heathrow Airport in early April. VERDICT: Misleading...
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FACT CHECK: Does video show Wike saying Peter Obi won the presidential election?
A Twitter user posted a video of Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers State, alongside the claim that he said Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) was the winner of the February 25 presidential election. The tweet, posted on April 17, 2023, has since garnered over 81,000 views, as of when it was retrieved...
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FACT CHECK: Is Barau Jibrin the longest-serving, highest-ranking senator contesting for senate president in 2023?
Adamu Garba, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, claimed that Barau Jibrin is the highest-ranking and longest-serving senator among those contesting for the office of the Senate president 2023. Jibrin is the senator representing the Kano North Senatorial District. According to Garba, the Northwest gave Bola Tinubu the highest number...
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FACT CHECK: Were hundreds of corps members killed after 2011 elections as Udenta claims?
A professor and election analyst, Udenta Udenta, has made multiple claims about the conduct of Nigeria’s 2011 general elections. Udenta, who is the founding national secretary of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), made these claims during an interview on Arise News, where he was asked to speak to the controversies trailing the outcome of the...
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FACT CHECK: Did Peter Obi delete tweet announcing his resignation from PDP as Keyamo claims?
On April 4, 2023, Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson for the campaign council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), retweeted a post claiming Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, had deleted the tweet announcing his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Keyamo tweeted “Are you serious? He deleted it? OMG! As deceitful as...
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From ‘Yes Daddy’ to Soyinka debate — Here are top social media trends for the week
The trends for the past week can easily be likened to what is commonly known as the ‘Domino Effect’. In this effect, one action triggers a series of continuous actions. The political player responsible for the week’s domino is ‘Peter Obi’. Throughout the week, various issues that were trending, appeared to be interconnected, resulting in...
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FACT CHECK: Did Tinubu bribe ICC with $400m to influence his prosecution?
On March 31, 2023, a post went viral on Twitter and Facebook claiming that the International Criminal Court (ICC) rejected a $400 million bribe from the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. The claim comes a few days after the Court of Appeal in Abuja granted permission to the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to serve his...