On October 19, 2024, the CDD War Room received a claim via the Meedan chatbot that the president, Bola Tinubu, sent a bill to the National Assembly to return to regional government. A similar version of the claim has been trending across social media. Claim: President Tinubu submits bill for regional system of government Verification: ...
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FACT CHECK: H.B. Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff, suspended?
CDD War Room recalls that as part of the changes made in Nigeria’s armed services, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu appointed new service chiefs on June 19, 2023. Among the newly appointed chiefs was AVM H.B Abubakar, who assumed the role of the 22nd Chief of Air Staff. However, in April 2024, a claim was widely circulated...
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FACT CHECK: Did Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala say she has been receiving threats over meeting with Tinubu?
On August 8, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, received Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) alongside Mohammed Pate, a ministerial designate. Shortly after meeting at the presidential villa, Ngozi posted a picture with the president across her social media pages. Since the pictures went viral, several versions of press statement...
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FACT SHIELD: Can a president-elect hold a dual citizenship? Here’s all we know
David Hundeyin, a Nigerian journalist, made a post about Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu, alleging that he has dual citizenship. Hundeyin posted a picture, alleged to be Tinubu’s passport, which showed the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag-bearer to be of “Guinean nationality”. The post, which immediately gained traction and went viral, has caused a series of...
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FACT CHECK: Does picture show Tinubu and Buhari in Mecca as Sam Omatseye claims?
A Nigerian journalist and author, Sam Omatseye, has claimed that Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu were together in Mecca on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. The claim was made alongside a picture showing the incumbent president and the president-elect, which he posted on his verified Twitter handle on April 12, 2023. The post has since garnered...
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FACT CHECK: Will the US Kingpin Act affect Nigerians when Tinubu is sworn in?
On March 27, 2023, a Twitter user tweeted a picture with the caption “If Bola Tinubu becomes President, the citizens of Nigeria are going to go through hell trying to access Western nations. Please, read the Kingpin act. 😭” Claim: Did Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s President-elect, violate any part of the US Kingpin Act? Will the “Western...
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Fact Check: Did Seyi Makinde endorse Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu?
Claim: Seyi Makinde endorses Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Verdict: False Context: A 23-second video surfaced on Twitter suggesting that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, was campaigning for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, on the eve of the presidential election. The video was...
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FACT CHECK: Do these images show trucks carrying old naira notes from Tinubu’s house?
A number of posts making the rounds on social media claim that trucks loaded with 40-foot containers were seen taking old naira notes from Bola Tinubu’s house to the bank. Bola Tinubu is the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos. “Breaking News: ‘8 forty-fit container loads with cash...
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FACT CHECK: Did Tinubu say Lagos is a refuse dump?
On January 24, 2023, a Twitter handle posted a video claiming that Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, called “the Lagos he built refuse dump”. The video which has over 50,000 views and 3,000 likes as of the time of this report was shared with the caption: “Bola Tinubu calls the...
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FACT CHECK: Has APC completed the Second Niger Bridge as Tinubu claimed?
In January 2022, Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, at the Enugu presidential campaign rally said the Second Niger Bridge was completed by the All Progressive Congress (APC) and would soon be commissioned. In his words, “that bridge (second Niger) is completed by APC, you will soon see a commissioning for your movements, to move...
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