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Things that can get you arrested during elections in Nigeria

Elections
By Nigerian Fact-checker’s Coalition  THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has continually warned against vote-buying, ballot box snatching, underage voting and other electoral malpractices as...

How misinformation, legal loopholes throw Nigerian women into surrogacy ditch

Insights
By: Simbiat Bakare When Temitope Afolabi realised her husband could get imprisoned due to debt he incurred from a bad business deal, she resolved to...

#NigeriaDecides2023: 10 disinformation trends in election season

Elections
By Allwell Okpi   Nigeria’s 2023 elections are only weeks away. Voters are set to pick a president and members of the national assembly on 25...

Does excessive sugar cause diabetes? Analysing Nigeria’s claim for taxing sugar beverages

Health
By Joseph Olaoluwa   Mama Risikat Kasali's back burned from the welts of the scorching sun as she dropped the ice cold bowl of cold drinks...

Unrelated video used to depict Nigerian Senator hiding stacks of money in house

Elections
By Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition. Claim A LinkedIn user alleged that Orji Uzor Kalu, a serving Senator and former Governor of Abia State, is hiding stacks of...

#NigeriaDecides2023: A guide to understanding opinion polls during the campaign season

Elections
By Oluseyi Awojulugbe Nigeria's 2023 elections will be the seventh since the country's return to democratic rule in 1999. And voter interest – and registration...

No, Tinubu didn’t say he was an ‘Igbo man’

Elections
By Motunrayo Joel IN SHORT: As the race to the 2023 Nigerian elections speeds up, it’s been reported on social media that the ruling party's...

Tinubu makes inaccurate claims about Nigeria’s crude oil production, pricing in 2015

Economy
By Philip Shimnom Clement   THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, recently stated that Nigeria's...

Claim that this photo shows Lagos deputy governor’s son at Obidient rally is FALSE

Politics
By Lanre Olagunju   A picture claiming that the son of Obafemi Hamzat, the deputy governor of Lagos state, participated in the Lagos rally organised by...

FACTSHEET: What you need to know about Nigeria’s pivotal 2023 general elections

Elections
By Allwell Okpi and Oluseyi Awojulugbe.   Official campaigns for Nigeria’s 2023 general elections – expected to be among the most important in its recent democratic...
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