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Edo Election: Report that Ize-Iyamu congratulated PDP, his opponent’s party is FALSE
THE Punch newspaper on Sunday, September 20, 2020, reported that Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the just-concluded Edo State...
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Edo Election: FALSE image circulates online that Oshiomhole voted for PDP
A viral post on social media claimed that a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, voted for the Peoples...
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Viral WhatsApp message on withdrawal of APC Edo governorship candidate is FALSE
A WhatsApp message surfaced online less than 24 hours to the Edo state governorship election that Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate...
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Edo Election: Misleading images flood the internet
Edo, a state in Southern Nigeria is set to hold its gubernatorial election on September 19, 2020. As the election holds on Saturday, misleading...
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FACT CHECK: Fake photos shared during Kogi/Bayelsa elections
By Seun DUROJAIYE.
DESPITE public outcry against the rise of information disorder in Nigeria,  partisan groups and social media trolls still circulated images that turned...
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FACT CHECK: Photos from 2015 polls, xenophobic attacks shared in connection to Kogi, Bayelsa elections
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
PICTURES from the general elections conducted four years ago and 2015 xenophobic attacks in South Africa have been recently shared in support of...
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Did INEC receive money for servers to store electoral data?
By 'Kunle ADEBAJO.
WHETHER or not the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, made use of a central server in storing poll results for the 2019 general...
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Video showing Saraki being booed after election is FALSE
A VIDEO claiming that Bukola Saraki was booed by some people after the February 23 presidential election is not true.
The video, which was shared...
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Buhari did not vote for Atiku
By Crosscheck Nigeria.
A Facebook page, Nigeria’s Peoples Parliament posted a digitally altered photo of President Muhammadu Buhari raising his ballot paper which showed he had...
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Video of ICC prosecutor asking Nigerians to refrain from violence is old
By Crosscheck Nigeria.
A Facebook video showing Fatou Bensouda, a prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling on Nigerians to refrain from violence ahead of...
