Elections

True! Low voter turnout in Imo

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition November 11, 2023

CLAIM: A video shared by Facebook user @ONYII NWA IMO claimed that Imo voters have resorted to...

Old pictures recirculated to claim electoral violence in Imo

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition November 11, 2023

CLAIM: An X user, Sonia (unahsonia), shared some pictures of a burnt vehicle and claimed that it...

No evidence Imo state governor Uzodinma murdered 500 youths in his first tenure

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition November 11, 2023

CLAIM: An X user, Nwa (@nwaadaz), claimed that according to TCT News, the Imo state governor, Hope...

No alliance between LP and PDP to adopt Melaye as Kogi’s governorship candidate PDP gubernatorial candidate Senator Dino Melaye tweeted a press statement that the LP and PDP have formed an alliance in Kogi

PDP gubernatorial candidate Senator Dino Melaye tweeted a press statement that the LP and PDP have formed an alliance in Kogi

No alliance between LP and PDP to adopt Melaye as Kogi’s governorship candidate

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition November 11, 2023

CLAIM: PDP gubernatorial candidate Senator Dino Melaye tweeted a press statement that the LP and PDP have...

Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa Polls: Election day claims fact-checked

Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa Polls: Election day, Nov. 11 & 12, claims fact-checked

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition November 11, 2023

Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi state citizens go out today, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, to vote in off-season...

False! 2023 Gubernatorial primary elections held in Abia

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition November 11, 2023

CLAIM: In a conversation with Arise TV, the immediate-past commissioner for information and strategy in Abia, Eze...

No ploy to switch off MTN’s network in Imo State MTN

No ploy to switch off MTN’s network in Imo State

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition November 10, 2023

Claim: A Facebook user claims that MTN and the Imo State government agreed to switch off the...

False! No war in Edo ahead governorship election

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition November 10, 2023

Claim: A viral video shared by “Area Papa Comedy” on Facebook on Nov. 9, 2023, claimed that...

True! Lokoja LGA’s Chairman died few hours before Kogi’s election

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition November 10, 2023

Claim 4: A Facebook user, Muhammad B. Muhammad, claimed that the chairman of Lokoja LGA, Hon Muhammed...

False! PDP Candidate Senator Anyanwu has not withdrawn from election race Senator Samuel Anyanwu

False! PDP Candidate Senator Anyanwu has not withdrawn from election race

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition November 10, 2023

CLAIM: @McGingerIbeneme, an account on X (formerly Twitter), in now-deleted footage, posted a video marked with the...

True! Low voter turnout in Imo

Old pictures recirculated to claim electoral violence in Imo

No evidence Imo state governor Uzodinma murdered 500 youths in his first tenure

No alliance between LP and PDP to adopt Melaye as Kogi’s governorship candidate

Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa Polls: Election day, Nov. 11 & 12, claims fact-checked

False! 2023 Gubernatorial primary elections held in Abia

No ploy to switch off MTN’s network in Imo State

False! No war in Edo ahead governorship election

True! Lokoja LGA’s Chairman died few hours before Kogi’s election

False! PDP Candidate Senator Anyanwu has not withdrawn from election race

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