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Fashola makes false claim that Tinubu is the first governor to raise infrastructure bond

Economy Editorial - January 13, 2023

NIGERIA'S Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has claimed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was the first...

#NigeriaDecides2023: 10 disinformation trends in election season

Elections Editorial - January 10, 2023

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...

2023 polls: Seven ways to avoid election misinformation

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola - January 7, 2023

THE impact of information disorder has begun to play out in the build-up to Nigeria's general election, holding in February and March this year....

2023 election: INEC disowns fake ad-hoc staff recruitment website

News Nurudeen Akewushola - January 4, 2023

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a website advertising ad-hoc staff positions for the agency for the 2023 general election. It will be...

Image on branded bags of rice shows PDP chieftain not Peter Obi

Elections Nurudeen Akewushola - January 3, 2023

A visual showing some packaged rice have surfaced online with a claim that it shows bags of rice branded with the People Democratic Party's...

Buhari, Obi, Tinubu, Atiku, Saraki, other leading Nigerian politicians fact-checked in 2022

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola - December 27, 2022

2022 has been a tortuous year filled with several forms of inaccurate and misleading claims from politicians and most especially candidates for Nigeria's 2023...

Video does not show Governor Wike leading campaign rally for Peter Obi

Elections Raji Olatunji - December 23, 2022

A video has circulated online with the claim that it shows moments Rivers State Governor Nyesome Wike was leading a campaign rally for the...

Peter Obi tops list of Nigeria’s presidential candidates with highest claims checked to be TRUE in 2022

Insights Raji Olatunji - December 18, 2022

SINCE political parties' primaries ended around mid-year, presidential candidates have kicked off their nationwide campaign activities, making several claims ahead of Nigeria's 2023 general...

Fact-checking Nasir El-Rufai’s claims about Nigerian military size, others at Chatham House

Elections Raji Olatunji - December 18, 2022

KADUNA State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was among the surrogates who accompanied the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu,...

2023 polls: CDD unveils ‘war room’ to tackle political misinformation

News Nurudeen Akewushola - December 10, 2022

THE Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has unveiled an election war room to tackle misinformation and fish out its purveyors ahead of Nigeria's...

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