The spokesperson for the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council for Nigeria’s 2023 general election, Kenneth Okonkwo, has made a claim that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sacked the resident electoral commissioners (RECs) for Sokoto and Abia States. Okonkwo made …
The International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) in collaboration with the FactCheckHub has launched an online trivia game to checkmate the spread of misinformation as Nigeria holds its 2023 general election. A press release signed by the Editor, ICIR, Victoria …
NIGERIA’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, February 16, 2023, addressed the nation on the redesigned naira notes amidst its scarcity and the government’s currency swap policy. He said the naira redesign activities are within the ambit of the nation’s constitution. “All …
FULL Fact, a UK-based fact-checking organisation, has partnered with the Nigerian Fact-checkers Coalition (NFC) to promote credibility of information available in public space during Nigeria’s 2023 general elections. The partnership will see the coalition partners access the Full Fact’s AI …
The International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) in collaboration with the FactCheckHub on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 trained some teachers and students of Government Secondary School, Wuse Zone 3 in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital territory on fact-checking. The capacity building session …
A claim has circulated online that Tems is the first Nigerian female singer to win the Grammy Awards. The claim, as published by an online newspaper, has also gone viral on social media platforms including Twitter. It will be recalled …
THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday, January 30, 2023, referred to his counterpart, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a Senate President. He stated this at the campaign rally …
AHEAD of Nigeria’s 2023 elections, Meta has announced steps it is taking to “help preserve the integrity of the general elections.” Adaora Ikenze, Head of Public Policy for Anglophone West Africa at Meta, disclosed this in a blog post on …
THE presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 made several claims on Nigeria’s current situation and his plans for Nigerians if elected president on February 25. Kwankwaso, a former governor …
THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, was on Monday, January 16, 2023 at the Chatham House in London, United Kingdom to discuss his plans for Nigeria ahead of the February 25 presidential election. Obi becomes the …