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True! Thugs threatened voters at Ojo Lagos-INEC-Attack

True! Thugs threatened voters at Ojo

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition March 18, 2023

CLAIM: In a video shared on Twitter, some thugs threaten to kill voters if they don’t vote...

Old video used to make false political claim false

Old video used to make false political claim

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition March 18, 2023

CLAIM: Senator Dino Melaye claims that security forces arrested some thugs associated with APC in Lagos state...

No! Sangotedo polling unit not attacked Polling-Units

No! Sangotedo polling unit not attacked

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition March 18, 2023

CLAIM: Twitter users claim that thugs have destroyed a polling unit at Sangotedo, Ajah, in Lagos State....

PDP has not collapsed its structure for LP in Lagos guber polls LP and PDP

PDP has not collapsed its structure for LP in Lagos guber polls

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition March 18, 2023

CLAIM: A Twitter user claims that the Lagos chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has collapsed...

LIVE FACT-CHECK: DUBAWA, NFC monitor mis/disinformation as electorates decide gubernatorial, state assembly seats

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition March 18, 2023

Nigeria’s 2023 Gubernatorial and State Assembly Election has begun. To ensure the dispensation of accurate information during...

LIVE FACT-CHECKS: Nigeria’s 2023 Governorship Election – SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 2023 election governorship

LIVE FACT-CHECKS: Nigeria’s 2023 Governorship Election – SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 2023

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition March 18, 2023

Claim 19 CLAIM: A Twitter user, @ChumaOrji3, claimed ‘PDP political thugs’ were caught at Isi Uzo LGA...

LIVE-CHECK: Delta State Governorship Candidates Debate – Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition March 15, 2023

Claim 2: CLAIM: The governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party, Sunny Ofehe, claims Delta state has...

LIVE FACT-CHECK: Nigerian fact-checkers monitor mis/disinformation 2023 presidential/NASS election – DAY 5 & 6

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition March 1, 2023

Claim 7 CLAIM: A claim is shared on WhatsApp that the DSS has arrested the presidential candidate...

No, Atiku did not get 25% in all 24 states Atiku...

No, Atiku did not get 25% in all 24 states

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 28, 2023

CLAIM: A breaking news headline posted on Facebook by Page 36 News claims that the PDP’s Atiku...

President Muhammadu Buhari did not approve President Obasanjo’s request for election cancellation

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 28, 2023

CLAIM: A Facebook user claims President Muhammadu Buhari has approved former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter to cancel...

True! Thugs threatened voters at Ojo

Old video used to make false political claim

No! Sangotedo polling unit not attacked

PDP has not collapsed its structure for LP in Lagos guber polls

LIVE FACT-CHECK: DUBAWA, NFC monitor mis/disinformation as electorates decide gubernatorial, state assembly seats

LIVE FACT-CHECKS: Nigeria’s 2023 Governorship Election – SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 2023

LIVE-CHECK: Delta State Governorship Candidates Debate – Wednesday, March 15, 2023

LIVE FACT-CHECK: Nigerian fact-checkers monitor mis/disinformation 2023 presidential/NASS election – DAY 5 & 6

No, Atiku did not get 25% in all 24 states

President Muhammadu Buhari did not approve President Obasanjo’s request for election cancellation

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