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Fact Check

Old video recirculated to depict Oba’s joy after Edo elections

Lademi Aborisade · 1 view · Sep 27, 2024

The video in circulation is an old video from early this year. Vanguard Newspaper reported the video in May 2024 when artefacts were returned from Germanythe return of an artefact from Germany in May 2024.

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Fact Check

Did the Federal Government ban Edo State vigilante?

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition · 1 view · Sep 25, 2024

The Edo State government has challenged the IGP’s announcement. They argued that it is unconstitutional for the IGP to make such a declaration, insisting that the ESSN is a body set up by law passed by the Edo state House of Assembly”.

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Fact Check

Viral result sheet suggesting rigging, real 

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition · 0 views · Sep 25, 2024

The result uploaded to the INEC IREV portal suggests potential rigging. According to the summary, 493 voters were registered, 213 accredited, yet 406 valid votes were recorded along with one void. These discrepancies indicate possible manipulation at the polling unit.

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Fact Check

How true is the claim 1,381 out of 4,519 results have been uploaded on IREV?

Nigerian Fact-checkers' Coalition · 0 views · Sep 25, 2024

The NFC spoke to Bakare Majeed, a Premium Times’ journalist, who confirmed that while some polling units have successfully uploaded their results, others, such as Open Space Osagiede Uzzi in Oredo Local Government are still facing network challenges. 

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Headline

#2024EdoElection: Meet all 17 candidates contesting to be Edo’s next governor 

Sunday Awosoro, Miracle Akubuo · 0 views · Sep 20, 2024

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that 17 contenders from different political parties are in the race for governor. This wide field offers voters a variety of options, though many might only be familiar with a handful of these candidates due to varying levels of media exposure.