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Elections
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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INEC yet to announce Enugu’s governor-elect
CLAIM: A Nigerian newspaper, Tribune, reports that Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Enugu State…
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PDP Candidate Muhammad Adamu Oyanki is 26 years old not 23
CLAIM: A Twitter user, Habibu Abdulwahab (@sarkiabdulwahab), claims that at just 23 years of age, Mr Muhammad Adamu Oyanki has…
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LIVE FACT-CHECKS: Nigeria’s 2023 Governorship Election – MONDAY & TUESDAY, MARCH 20 – 21, 2023
Claim 9: CLAIM: A Naija news report claiming that Anambra state governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has threatened state residents that “there…
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Jigawa State’s final results yet to be announced
CLAIM: A Twitter user @DeeOneAyekooto claims that Jigawa State’s final results have been declared as follows APC 460,302, PDP 275,776.…
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Hon. Chinasa, not Yoruba!
CLAIM: A Twitter user claims Hon Anthony Chinasa Abiola is Yoruba representing Umuahia Central Constituency in Abia State House of…
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Wasiu Ayinde not among thugs that disrupted guber election
CLAIM: A Twitter user, Chinaza #PeterObi-HypeMan (@MuchTalksBlog1), claims that Wasiu Ayinde, Nigerian Fuji singer, was among the thugs who came…
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Did Dapo Abiodun lead thugs to snatch ballot boxes at Iperu?
CLAIM: A Twitter user, IperuBoy (@Iperu_Boy), claims that the APC gubernatorial candidate in Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, led thugs to…
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TRUE! NDLEA arrested four party agents with credit cards for vote-buying
CLAIM: A media platform, Ogun Update, claimed that operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement (NDLEA) had arrested four party…
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Rivers state result yet to be uploaded on INEC portal
CLAIM: A Twitter user @KingChrissie2 claimed two results from polling units in Rivers state had been uploaded on the INEC…
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