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 […]
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
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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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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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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WikkiTimes had revealed how the companies were allegedly used by the Nomadic Education Commission in Kano State to divert N290million, with two of it belonging to the same individuals. Some construction companies involved in the building of 20 units of one Block- of 2-Classrooms with furniture, toilets, and offices in selected locations across the three
Stephen Ukandu, Umuahia Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative journalism, WSCIJ, Motunrayo Alaka, has said that both accountability journalism and democracy are under threat in Nigeria. The WSCIJ boss who made the remark at the 17th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporters held in Lagos, noted with deep concern, the pool of
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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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Alheri Community Development and Support Initiative (Alheri-CDSI), a civil society organization based in Bauchi has demanded a group of three construction companies – S.A.T Engineering Service, Insulum Nigeria Ltd and Haitel Nigeria Ltd – to clearly explain their roles in the reported failed Nomadic Education Commission’s school construction projects in three senatorial zones of Kano
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