Elections

Peter Obi won four area councils NOT six in Abuja Peter-Obi-1

Peter Obi won four area councils NOT six in Abuja

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 28, 2023

CLAIM: A Facebook user, Sagacious Bello Lukman, claims that the Labour Party (LP) candidate Peter Obi won...

False! INEC yet to announce winner of Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential election

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 28, 2023

CLAIM: A Facebook user, Dan Yusufa, claims Tinubu is the 16th President of Nigeria after securing 25%...

False! No protest at INEC’s Abuja office INEC office Abj

False! No protest at INEC’s Abuja office

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 28, 2023

CLAIM: Social media users claimed that a protest was staged at the INEC office in Abuja on...

True, Kano elections results uploaded for Kaduna polling unit on IReV

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 28, 2023

CLAIM: Social media users claim that INEC uploaded election results from Kano for Kaduna Polling Unit on...

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, newly elected lawmaker Ibrahim Bello Muhammad, youngest in Nigeria’s history Ondo State PDP election results is the worst in the history of the State

Ondo State PDP election results is the worst in the history of the State

True, newly elected lawmaker Ibrahim Bello Muhammad, youngest in Nigeria’s history

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition February 27, 2023

CLAIM: A Twitter user, @NajibHaruna_, claimed that Ibrahim Bello Muhammad, 27, the newly elected House of Reps...

Electronic transmission of result: The proposed process Vs reality with IReV

Lois Ugbede February 27, 2023

Full Text The use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the electronic transmission/upload of election...

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,...

Peter Obi won four area councils NOT six in Abuja

False! INEC yet to announce winner of Nigeria’s 2023 Presidential election

False! No protest at INEC’s Abuja office

True, Kano elections results uploaded for Kaduna polling unit on IReV

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

Viral Premium Times graphics manipulated

True, newly elected lawmaker Ibrahim Bello Muhammad, youngest in Nigeria’s history

Electronic transmission of result: The proposed process Vs reality with IReV

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

No; Election results for all states yet to be announced

Economy

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Viral video of “persecuted Christians” in Nigeria, misleading

FALSE! Ivory Coast’s president did not comment on Nigeria’s security

Viral ‘missile-like’ light seen in Sokoto, Kebbi, likely meteor activity