Claim: A Twitter user as well as other blogs claim that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) polled 1,125,400 votes in Plateau state. Full Text: The user Alpha De Great tweeted, “Plateau State Presidential. APC 150,134 PDP- 450,329 LP- 1,125,400 Plateau state for North Central vote done swallow Ekiti, Ogun and Ondo..” The […]
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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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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
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
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
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
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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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
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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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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Claim: Social Media platforms and some blogs are awash with claims that Anthony Chinasa-Abiola, a Yoruba man, who contested under the Labour Party has won the election to represent Umuahia Central Constituency at the Abia State House of Assembly. Full Text: Some of the blog post have hailed the outcome as a “significant display of
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Fact Check: Is Aisha Binani Elected as the First Female Governor in Nigeria? Claim: Social Media and other news outlets were awash with claims that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Gubernatorial candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aisha Dahiru Ahmed Binani has made history by being the first elected female Governor in Nigeria by polling 409,909
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A delegation from the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) visited the African Foundation for Young Media Professionals (AFYMP), a partner under its Collaborative Media Engagement for Development, Inclusivity and Accountability (CMEDIA), on Thursday 2 March 2023. WSCIJ shared thoughts with the partner on sustaining operations post-funding and how to extend the opportunity to
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By Rabiu Musa Reconstruction of the Dangote female hostel which was gutted by fire in February 2019 at Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, has stopped and almost abandoned. The hostel, which houses 60 rooms, 2 common rooms, with 496 female undergraduate students, was destroyed by fire as a result of an electrical spark,
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By Bello Oyiza Rosemary In the last 3 years, the Kogi state has witnessed many fire incidents that have claimed lives and destroyed properties worth millions and billions of naira. On the 23rd of September 2020, a fully loaded petrol tanker fire accident claimed not fewer than 20 lives with so many people injured at
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Lukman Abdulmalik In 2020, in a report obtained from the ministry of finance and economic development, Kano state, it was recorded the state government awarded over one billion Naira to 224 contracting companies to execute different projects in the state. However, this investigation will focus on 6 selected contracting companies, who received a total amount
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This Leaves and Worms report addresses the plight of volunteer teachers in Kunchigoro IDP camp in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory.
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By Ameh Ejekwonyilo CATECHISTS serving in parishes of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja have been subjected to some of the harshest, most indecent and dehumanising conditions for workers, whether in a secular or religious setting, National Record investigations reveal. Our findings in the last four months of diligent inquiry unveiled an appallingly excruciating condition under
In Nigeria, existing copyright regulations prevent the adaptation of books into readable versions for the visually impaired. As a result, those who are visually impaired and others who live with print impairments have restricted access to books, resulting in a scenario coined “Book Famine.” Omolola Afolabi captures their experiences… Going through law school in Nigeria
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Barely five months after WikkiTimes published an investigation exposing conspiracy and corruption between the federal and Taraba State governments regarding the construction of Bali-Serti-Gembu road, contractors have mobilised to the site. Alhaji Awwal Labaran, Village Head of Yelwan Gembu told WikkiTimes that construction commenced 10 days ago. “The construction is going on. It started from
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By Alfred Ajayi * Note: some of the names in the story (especially those of some victims) are not real. “Many people from the eastern part of Nigeria and in fact Africans, believe that persons with disabilities suffer their fate as a curse by the gods or sins of their ancestors. They are part of