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Feature: Rundown of FactCheckElections PEPT Reports

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Oluwaseye Ogunsanya In just a matter of hours from now, the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), sitting in Abuja will deliver judgment on petitions seeking to nullify President Bola Tinubu’s election. This development gave many Nigerians especially keen observers a breather after many days of waiting and expecting. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commision …

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Fake News Alert: Atiku Abubakar Did Not Congratulate President-Elect Tinubu or Retire From Politics

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Afeez Rabiu Claim A claim about former Vice President of Nigeria and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded February 25th elections, Atiku Abubakar’s congratulatory message to President-elect Bola Tinubu and the announcement of his retirement from politics has been circulating on social media since last weekend. The news, …

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FactCheckElections: Top Political Stories Of The Week

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Oluwaseye Ogunsanya Nigerians will be on the march again this morning as they go to the polls to elect their preferred representatives at the state level. While House of Assembly elections will be held in all 36 states of the federation, Gubernatorial elections will be held in only 28 states. It’s against this background that …

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FactCheckElections: Top Political Events Of The Week

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Oluwaseye Ogunsanya The political space got engrossed in post election litigations this week as the presidential election petition tribunal sat to hear suits brought to it by aggrieved parties from the just concluded 25th February presidential election. Recall that on March 1, INEC had declared APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu as the president-elect and in …

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#2023Decides: Claim that Atiku Takes 25% in 25 States is Misleading!

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Mustapha Lawal & Tijani Abdulkabeer Claim Policyinsider.Africa claimed that the candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Abubakar Atiku, is currently leading in 25 states, saying he cleared six states in the south-south region and nineteen in the northern states. Verdict Misleading! INEC is yet to start announcing results at the National Collation Center for the …

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No, Police Did Not Arrest A Teenager Paid To Deliver Live Ammunition to Atiku’s Hometown

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Tijani Abdulkabeer Claim A report from Sahara Reporter shows that the Nigerian Police Force arrested a teenager paid N5000 to ‘deliver live ammunition to Jada, the hometown of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.’ Verdict False! There is no evidence that shows that a teenager was arrested trying to deliver live ammunition to Jada, the …

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#NigeriaDecides2023: Do Candidates Drop Their Political Ambition in the Last Hour?

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… this is the most rampant Election day Disinformation! Quadri Yahya Bola Ahmed Tinubu had sauntered towards the lectern to canvas for votes from cheering supporters of the All Progressives Congress in the city of Abeokuta, Ogun State earlier on June 2, 2022. And there in his powder blue flamboyant agbada facing TV cameras and …

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FactCheckElections: Review of Top Political Events Of The Week

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Oluwaseye Ogunsanya The Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Naira redesign policy was the major talking point this week as its ripple effect continued to ravage the nation for the third week running. Like last week major parts of the country such as Delta, Edo, Ondo, Ibadan and Lagos recorded protests resulting in the destruction of …

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Oluwaseye Ogunsanya The dust raised by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Naira redesign policy continued to rage during the week as the new Naira note scarcity persisted even with the approaching February 10 deadline extension by the apex bank. The week witnessed protests in many parts of the country as protesters took to the …

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Oluwaseye Ogunsanya The two edged swords of naira note scarcity and petrol supply shortage piercing through the souls of many Nigerians and making the hardship in the country reach its all time high was one of the major highlights of the week. After several calls from many Nigerians including the House of Representatives to the …

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