Elections
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Assessing Weah’s claim to fame as “Feminist-in-Chief” and the cry of women in Liberia
In October 2018, Liberian leader George Weah declared himself “Liberia’s Feminist-in-Chief.” By that declaration, the Executive Mansion said, the President…
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Doctored statement of INEC’s presiding Officer for Abia state circulates WhatsApp
CLAIM: A broadcast message circulated on social media, particularly WhatsApp, implies that the INEC’s presiding Officer for Abia state, Professor…
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True! INEC Collation officer in Abia state brutalised by thugs
CLAIM: A Twitter user @omoelerinjare posted a video stating that the INEC collation officer deployed to Obingwa LGA in Abia…
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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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Picture of boy who committed suicide unrelated to 2023 elections
Claim: A Twitter user alleged that a 19-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging due to Peter Obi losing the presidential…
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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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Binani not announced as Yola’s governor
CLAIM: A Twitter user @goldmyneTV posted a video of people celebrating in Yola, claiming that Aishatu Dahiru, popularly known as…
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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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LIVE FACT-CHECKS: Nigeria’s 2023 Governorship Election – SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2023
Claim 16: CLAIM: A Twitter user, Love Chijioke (@Realsnowlove1), suggests the PDP scored 30,000 votes in the Enugu State gubernatorial…
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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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