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LIVE FACT-CHECK: Nigerian fact-checkers monitor mis/disinformation as collation continues – DAY 4 All candidates

LIVE FACT-CHECK: Nigerian fact-checkers monitor mis/disinformation as collation continues – DAY 4

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 28, 2023

Claim 22 CLAIM: A Facebook user, Dan Yusufa, claims Tinubu is the 16th President of Nigeria after...

Viral Premium Times graphics manipulated PT dashboard

Viral Premium Times graphics manipulated

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 27, 2023

CLAIM: A Twitter user, Senior man (@her_genie), made a post with a pictorial chart of Premium Times’...

True! Image posted on INEC’s IReV for Ekiti not result sheet Image uploaded not result

True! Image posted on INEC’s IReV for Ekiti not result sheet

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 27, 2023

CLAIM: Social media users say the image uploaded on INEC’s IReV for Ekiti polling unit, not the...

No; Election results for all states yet to be announced BBC

No; Election results for all states yet to be announced

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 27, 2023

CLAIM: Bashir Ahmad, Special Assistant on Digital Communications to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, on his Twitter handle,...

Atiku won in Osun but not in all LGAs #FreeNnamdiKanuNow: Did Atiku participate in protest?

Atiku won in Osun but not in all LGAs

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 27, 2023

CLAIM: The headline of a news report on ejesgist.ng claims that the presidential candidate of the Peoples...

Contrary to Twitter user report, APC not LP won in Agege APC-LP

Contrary to Twitter user report, APC not LP won in Agege

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 27, 2023

CLAIM: A Twitter user @drpenking tweeted an image that showed the Labour Party got 29,568 votes in...

False! MC Oluomo not dead, as reported MC-Oluomo

False! MC Oluomo not dead, as reported

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 27, 2023

CLAIM: Peoples Gazette headline reads that soldiers shoot ‘Oluomo’ dead at collation centre. FINDING: From the comment...

LIVE FACT-CHECK: Nigerian fact-checkers monitor mis/disinformation as collation continues – DAY 3

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 27, 2023

Claim 12 CLAIM: A Twitter user, Senior man (@her_genie), made a post with a pictorial chart of...

False; Ekiti state result was not uploaded before election day INEC box

False; Ekiti state result was not uploaded before election day

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 26, 2023

CLAIM: A Twitter user DrUmaru_AJ (@Princeujay), alleged Ekiti election results were uploaded as far back as February...

FALSE! INEC did not erase election results on its portal INEC website

FALSE! INEC did not erase election results on its portal

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 26, 2023

CLAIM: Viral video shared by Blessing Okagbare (@mountain214) claims INEC erased election results at 7am today from...

LIVE FACT-CHECK: Nigerian fact-checkers monitor mis/disinformation as collation continues – DAY 4

Viral Premium Times graphics manipulated

True! Image posted on INEC’s IReV for Ekiti not result sheet

No; Election results for all states yet to be announced

Atiku won in Osun but not in all LGAs

Contrary to Twitter user report, APC not LP won in Agege

False! MC Oluomo not dead, as reported

LIVE FACT-CHECK: Nigerian fact-checkers monitor mis/disinformation as collation continues – DAY 3

False; Ekiti state result was not uploaded before election day

FALSE! INEC did not erase election results on its portal

Economy

False! LAJ is not wanted by Sierra Leone police

Video of bandits torturing Oyo kidnapped students, old and unrelated

Video of Nigerians assaulting South Africans from DR Congo, false

False! Peter Obi did not win NDC’s presidential ticket