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FACT-CHECK: Did Zamfara Government pay workers’ salaries with old naira notes?

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CLAIM: A picture of some men standing in front of huge pile of old Naira notes  was shared widely on Social Media, especially WhatsApp claiming that the Zamfara State Government paid workers with old naira notes. Full-Text: The message wherein the claim was made reads: “It is said to be Zamfara State Government paying workers […]

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Facts-Check: Did Nigeria Labour Congress endorse Peter Obi of LP for presidential election?

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Claim: There is a letter been circulated on social media platforms and also reported on conventional media claiming that Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi for the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. Full Text: The content of the letter sighted by PRNigeria and signed by Comrade

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Facts-Check: Was National Assembly shut down by unknown forces and taken over by DSS?

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Claim: There is a video circulating on Facebook and other social media platforms claiming that the National Assembly has been shut down by Unknown Forces and Taken over by the Department of State Security (DSS). Full Text: The claim was accompanied by the following headline “*BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIA IS NOW IN A STATE OF ANARCHY/DICTATORSHIP.

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Fact-Check: Did Pastor Onwumere petition CAN over alleged N2b from Peter Obi for churches to campaign for Labour Party?

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Claim: In a letter obtained by PRNigeria, Pastor Frank Onwumere of the Dominion Centre International was said to have petitioned the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, over a “N2 billion campaign grant” given by the presidential candidate for Labour Party, LP, to churches under the association, Catholic Bishops, and Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria. Full-Text: The

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FACT-CHECK: Did Shettima say North does not support him because he is Kanuri?

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CLAIM: The Peoples Gazette reported that the vice-presidential candidate for the All Progressive Congress, APC, Kashim Shettima has said that the Northern part of the country is not supporting him because of his tribe—Kanuri. FULL-TEXT:The report reads: “Vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kashim Shettima, has alleged that Northerners were reluctant to

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FACT-CHECK: Did Nigerian Army accuse Gov Wike of inducement during 2023 presidential/NASS elections in Rivers State?

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CLAIM: A 56 seconds video widely circulating on blogs and social media claims that the Nigerian Army in a Press briefing accused Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike of trying to induce the military with huge sums of money during the 2023 presidential and national assembly election. Full-Text: The video recently appeared on Remedy Blog’s (@remedy_blog)

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Fact-Check: Did 19-yr-old teenager commit suicide over Peter Obi’s loss in the presidential election?

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Claim: A claim which emanated on Twitter and is widely circulating on the internet including news and blog post such as Daily Post, The Eagle Online, Correcting, 247ureports among others alleged that a 19 year old young boy from Plateau State committed suicide after Peter Obi lost “rigged election.” Full Text: The tweet which has

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Fact-Check: How genuine is leaked phone chats of Obasanjo, Charlie Boy, Donald Duke calling for mass insurrection over elections

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Claim: A leaked audio is making the round on the internet allegedly exposing former President Olusegun Obasanjo plotting to incite anarchy across in the land. Speaking with Nigerian singer Charlie Boy and former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, in the alleged leaked audio, Obasanjo charged them to lead Nigerian youth in revolting against

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Fact-Check: Did INEC upload the same Presidential results for Gombe and Bauchi on IREV?

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Claims: There is an image supposedly from the INEC Result Viewing Portal – IREV – going viral on social media which claims that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, uploaded the same presidential election results for both Gombe and Bauchi States. Full statement: The image was accompanied by the following text: “SPOT THE SIMILARITY !!

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FACT-CHECK: Did Tinubu supporters set Lagos Ladipo market on fire?

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CLAIM: PRNigeria detected a  28-minute video of a razing structure that was “forwarded many times” to Whatsapp groups claiming that the Ladipo market which is dominantly occupied by Igbos had been set on fire by supporters of the presidential candidate for All Progressive Congress, APC, Ahmed Bola Tinubu. FULL-TEXT: The text that accompanied the footage

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2023: Facts Behind the Presidential Pre-election Polls by Mohammed Dahiru Lawal

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Nigeria is just hours away from the polls in which it will be electing the next President of the Federal Republic. The heady moment has long been described by analysts and public affairs commentators as a three horse race between the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, that

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FACT-CHECK: Did Peter Obi, Gowon, Okonjo-Iweala ever appear on the cover of Time Magazine?

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CLAIM: A picture of the presidential candidate for the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has been forwarded “many times” to different Whatsapp groups claiming that he alongside three others was the only Nigerian to have ever made the front page of America’s Time Magazine. FULL-TEXT: The originator of the claim designed a picture of Peter

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Fact-Check: Did IBB disapprove Tinubu’s Presidential election with a quote from Usman Dan Fodio

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Claim: A claim flying around on Social Media suggests that, as a way of opposing Tinubu’s victory at the Presidential election, a former Military Head of State General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) shared a quote by a revolutionary reformer, Usman Danfodio, who founded the Sokoto Caliphate. Full text: The text reads, “Once again, I will

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FACT-CHECK: Did Ahmadu Bello make hateful comments against Igbos in his post-independence speech?

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CLAIM: A quote accompanied by a picture of the Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello which is widely circulating on Whatsapp groups as well as Facebook and Twitter claimed that the Premier vowed to use northern minorities as willing tools while the South will not be allowed to govern Nigeria. FULL-TEXT: The quotation where

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Fact-Check: Did IBB mock Obi, Atiku over election loss as “End of Religious” and “Regional” politics in Nigeria?

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Claim: A quotation accompanying a picture of the former Head of State, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has been widely forwarded to Whatsapp groups where he was quoted to have said that Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar’s loss at the concluded Presidential Election signals the end of “religious” and “regional” politics in the country.  Some Facebook and

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Fact-Check: How true is a claim of production of deadly “artificial rice”?

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Claim: A widely shared video on WhatsApp claims that there is a massive production of an “artificial rice” which is deadly for consumption somewhere in an undisclosed location. Full-Text: The text that accompanied the footage reads: “they are killing us. Artificial rice production. Better to eat our local rice.” The video showed some Asian looking

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Fact-Check: Did Abiola defeat Tofa in the South East during the 1993 Presidential election?

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Claim: In an interview with Arise News, the presidential candidate for Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi claimed that the late MKO Abiola defeated the late Bashir Tofa in the South East during the 1993 Presidential Election despite Tofa having an Igbo running mate Verification: An online search by PRNigeria revealed that the late Bashir Tofa

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Fact-Check: Did “Angry Obidients” kill Prof Akpan for not allotting votes to Peter Obi?

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Claim: A claim widely circulating online stated that supporters of the presidential candidate for the Labour Party, LP, in the just concluded Presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, killed Professor Felix Akpan of the Political Science of the University of Calabar, UNICAL for not giving Obi the win. Full-Text: The claim which was share alongsided with

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Fact-Check: Did US congratulate Tinubu on presidential election victory?

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Claim: A claim widely circulating on twitter suggests that the United States of America did not congratulate Nigeria’s President Elect, Bola Tinubu, over his victory at the 2023 Presidential Poll. Full-Text: While many social media users posted the claims on their timelines, a twitter user @enounoadegbite while replying to a tweet posted by Presidential campaign

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