Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition
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Elections
INEC denies replacing NYSC Ad-hoc staff with party members
CLAIM: “@PIDOMNIGERIA,” via their X (Twitter) page, alleged that INEC replaced trained NYSC Ad-hoc staff with suspected political party members…
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False! No LP chieftain caught with voting materials in Imo
CLAIM: An X user claimed security operatives intercepted a Labour Party chieftain with money and voting materials at Isiala Mbano…
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No bomb blast near INEC Road, Yenagoa
CLAIM: Morris Monye, a prominent Labour Party member, claimed on X there was a bomb blast near INEC Road in…
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Old pictures recirculated to claim electoral violence in Imo
CLAIM: An X user, Sonia (unahsonia), shared some pictures of a burnt vehicle and claimed that it was the result…
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No evidence Imo state governor Uzodinma murdered 500 youths in his first tenure
CLAIM: An X user, Nwa (@nwaadaz), claimed that according to TCT News, the Imo state governor, Hope Uzodinma, killed more…
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Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa Polls: Election day, Nov. 11 & 12, claims fact-checked
Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi state citizens go out today, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, to vote in off-season elections. Candidates for…
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False! 2023 Gubernatorial primary elections held in Abia
CLAIM: In a conversation with Arise TV, the immediate-past commissioner for information and strategy in Abia, Eze Chikamnayo, asserted that…
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False! PDP Candidate Senator Anyanwu has not withdrawn from election race
CLAIM: @McGingerIbeneme, an account on X (formerly Twitter), in now-deleted footage, posted a video marked with the logo and branding…
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Governor Hope Uzodinma makes false claim about Imo’s internally generated revenue
CLAIM: Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State said, “When I came in 2020, we had an internally generated revenue profile…
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Enugu’s gubernatorial election suspended; no winner announced
Claim: A Twitter user, Chinaza #PeterObi-HypeMan (@MuchTalksBlog1), claims the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in Enugu state, Chijioke Edeoga, has won…
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