Introduction Nigeria’s 2023 general election have come and gone with sprinkles of victory, controversies, and, expectedly, the circulation of false information. The elections, which produced a new president, 28 governors, 109 senators and 358 members of the House of Representatives, …
FOLLOWING the United States’ announcement of visa restrictions on Nigerians allegedly involved in undermining the democratic process during the just-concluded Nigeria’s 2023 general election, claims that names of some prominent Nigerians who made the list have surfaced online. US Secretary …
Several social media posts have claimed that former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has flown in a Russia-based lawyer to reclaim the mandate of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, at the presidential election tribunal. “Obasanjo flies in …
A Twitter user, @CossyCosydiva, has claimed that Abia state Governor-elect, Alex Otti, has secured a $50million dollars funding for the construction of a 500km road network in Abia state. The claim, which was posted in Pidgin English on April 13, …
Collation of election results is ongoing following the conduct of Nigeria’s 2023 Governorship and State Assembly Elections. Nigerians on Saturday, March 18, 2023 voted to elect their governors in 28 states as well as state lawmakers into 36 State Houses …
The electorate in 28 States of the Nigerian federation will today elect their respective state’s chief executives. They will also be electing members of the State Houses of Assembly in the country’s 36 states. All 18 registered political parties in …
SEVERAL images purportedly showing the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, have been circulating online in the lead-up to the March 18 gubernatorial election in the state. Sanwo-Olu, the incumbent governor of Lagos State, is seeking re-election under the ruling All …
An image showing Olumide Oworu, the Labour Party’s candidate for Lagos State House of Assembly in Surulere Constituency 1, with blood on his face and shirt has surfaced online with a claim that it shows the moment after he was …
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 …
A telephone number attributed to the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has surfaced online with a claim that the governor makes his WhatsApp contact public to solicit the support of Lagos residents in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state. …
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