Elections

The vacant skirmish over the ownership of Edo Modular Refinery refinery_1200x700

The vacant skirmish over the ownership of Edo Modular Refinery

Nurudeen Lawal September 17, 2020

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a recent tweet claimed that the Edo Modular Refinery is the...

What you should know about the forthcoming Edo Governorship Elections inec election_1600x900

What you should know about the forthcoming Edo Governorship Elections

Lateef Sanni, Lois Ugbede September 13, 2020

Nigeria’s Edo State is a state in the western part of the country. Edo’s capital is Benin...

Verification tips ahead of Edo governorship poll verify

Verification tips ahead of Edo governorship poll

Nurudeen Lawal September 10, 2020

In the build up to the 2019 general elections, Lauretta Onochie, President Muhammadu Buhari’s special adviser on...

Explainer: Eight signs of propaganda as Edo, Ondo go to the polls nigeria-election-21-1000x600

Explainer: Eight signs of propaganda as Edo, Ondo go to the polls

Francis Arinze Iloani September 8, 2020

The upcoming elections in Edo and Ondo States have dominated the media space in Nigeria in recent...

Fact-checking Claims Regarding Emeka Ihedioha Between-Emeka-Ihedioha-and-Hope-Uzodinma

Fact-checking Claims Regarding Emeka Ihedioha

Lateef Sanni January 27, 2020

A Twitter user, @MrAfobaje on the 14th of January decided to ‘shed some light’ (as he put...

#QuickChecks: Bayelsa & Kogi Elections Kogi-Bayelsa-poll

#QuickChecks: Bayelsa & Kogi Elections

Dubawa November 16, 2019

Twitter user claimed that Yahaya Bello paid thugs to assassinate Governor Makinde. We can confirm that “hooded...

PDP Has Not Been Ruled Out From Bayelsa Primaries PDP-1

PDP Has Not Been Ruled Out From Bayelsa Primaries

Temilade Onilede November 15, 2019

A Twitter user claimed that PDP Nigeria will not run in the Bayelsa 2019 election. PDP is...

Governor Yahaya- Best In “Security Programme”? Not Exactly Governor-Bello-1280x720

Governor Yahaya- Best In “Security Programme”? Not Exactly

Lateef Sanni November 15, 2019

Twitter user claims Gov Yahaya Bello was awarded the best governor in security programme. In 2017, the...

NO, INEC Boss Did Not Beg Nigerians INEC

NO, INEC Boss Did Not Beg Nigerians

Ibraheem Alawode August 4, 2019

CLAIM: “I Have Learnt My Lessons, I Will Conduct Better Elections In 2023 – INEC Chairman Begs Nigerians”...

INEC Chairman’s Claims: What’s True and What’s Not? Prof-Mahmood-Yakub

INEC Chairman’s Claims: What’s True and What’s Not?

Ijeoma Okereke July 25, 2019

CLAIM 1: Some countries campaign till the day of election CONCLUSION: TRUE CLAIM 2: No European country...

The vacant skirmish over the ownership of Edo Modular Refinery

Verification tips ahead of Edo governorship poll

Explainer: Eight signs of propaganda as Edo, Ondo go to the polls

Fact-checking Claims Regarding Emeka Ihedioha

#QuickChecks: Bayelsa & Kogi Elections

PDP Has Not Been Ruled Out From Bayelsa Primaries

Governor Yahaya- Best In “Security Programme”? Not Exactly

NO, INEC Boss Did Not Beg Nigerians

INEC Chairman’s Claims: What’s True and What’s Not?

Economy

Cellou Dalein Diallo a-t-il récemment félicité le Chef de l’Etat pour avoir « libéré la Guinée et l’UFDG » ?

False! FIFA President was not summoned to court over favouritism of Argentina’s Messi

False! Onion, bitter kola and scent leaves combination does not cure piles

Babu sheda cewa idan aka jika ‘ya’yan hulba ya na inganta kwan haihuwa da karin samun sha’awa