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2023 polls: Nigerian fact-checkers warn politicians against misinformation

News Nurudeen Akewushola - August 23, 2022

A coalition of fact-checkers working in Nigeria has issued a strong warning to politicians to abstain from misinformation and disinformation as the 2023 general...

Four misleading claims Tinubu made in 2022

Insights Raji Olatunji - August 23, 2022

FORMER Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, had officially declared in January his intention to run for Nigeria's presidency in the 2023 general elections. Tinubu,...

How fake PVC registration websites stirred misinformation over INEC’s CVR exercise

Insights Niyi Oyedeji - August 2, 2022

JUST as the Continuous Voters’ Registration (CVR) exercise embarked upon by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was winding down in July 2022, fake...

Peter Obi makes false claim about Nigeria’s total export in 2021

Economy Nurudeen Akewushola - August 1, 2022

THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has claimed that Nigeria’s total export was less than 30 billion US dollars in 2021. According...

How accurate is Atiku’s claim on population of social media users in Northern Nigeria?

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola - July 28, 2022

THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has claimed that 90 per cent of Nigerians from the Northern part of...

Osun Decides 2022: Claim that Yusuf Lasun has withdrawn from governorship poll is FALSE

Elections Niyi Oyedeji - July 16, 2022

A CLAIM that Yusuf Lasun, the Labour Party candidate in Saturday's governorship election in Osun State, has withdrawn from the poll has circulated online. The...

TRUE, this photo shows dilapidated school building around Gboyega Oyetola’s polling unit

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola - July 16, 2022

A PHOTO showing a building around the polling unit of the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola has surfaced online with a claim...

Claim that INEC is conducting house-to-house voter’s registration in Northern Nigeria is FALSE

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola - July 8, 2022

A VIRAL photo of a woman who appears to be undergoing biometric capturing in front of her residence has surfaced online with a claim...

False claim circulates that former Kano Emir, Sanusi endorsed Peter Obi in viral article

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola - June 20, 2022

A VIRAL article attributed to the former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, analysing the uniqueness of at least three presidential candidates contesting Nigeria's...

Photo of Peter Obi giving out money to traders is NOT related to Ekiti guber poll

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola - June 18, 2022

A Twitter user with the handle, @iamneji tweeted a photo showing Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election,...

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