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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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Beware: United States Did Not Reveal the Identity of Those Affected by the Recent Visa Restrictions

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Oluwaseye Ogunsanya A Twitter user @PeterObiUSA posted a list of names allegedly tagging them election riggers in the 2023 general election. Breaking News 🗞️ Alert 🚨:USA 🇺🇸 VISA BAN LIST!Exclusive to @PeterObiUSA , List of Names of Election Riggers in Nigeria 🇳🇬 2023 General Election 🗳️.N/B: this are the list of names submitted by Nigerian …

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Explainer: What You Should Know About the Presidential Election Petition

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Oluwaseye Ogunsanya The 2023 general elections may have come and gone but it is not without controversies surrounding its conduct. Indeed many Nigerians looked forward to the polls with a lot of enthusiasm and a particular interest in the presidential election for many reasons, the obvious one being that it offered them a golden opportunity …

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FactCheck: Did the Presidential Tribunal dismiss Peter Obi’s drug petition against Bola Ahmed Tinubu?

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Mustapha Lawal Claim A Twitter user claimed the presidential tribunal had dismissed Peter Obi’s drug petition against Bola Tinubu Verdict False! The presidential tribunal did not dismiss Peter Obi’s drug petition against Bola Ahmed Tinubu but rather adjourned the entire petition case to 10th May 2023. Full-text A Twitter user with the handle @Gen_Buhar claimed …

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FactCheck: Did the Poverty Rate of Anambra State Increase During the Tenure of Peter Obi as Governor?

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Mustapha Lawal Claim A Twitter user (CBN Gov Akinsola Akin; @cbngov_akin1) claimed to have posted another piece of evidence that Peter Obi increased the poverty rate of Anambra State while he was governor of the state. Verdict True! According to data from The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Anambra state-level headcount per capita poverty, the …

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Fake News Alert: Federal Government Did Not Secure the Release of Peter Obi From Detention

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Oluwaseye Ogunsanya Claim A member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Adamu Garba tweeted that the APC government through the Chair of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa facilitated the release of Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi from detention in the UK. Verdict False. The image attached to the tweet is fake …

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FactCheck: Did Peoples Gazette Suspend Its Reporter Over Alleged Fake Audio Call Report?

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Adetutu Sobowale Claim A Twitter user, @cecorule claimed that Ayoola Babalola, a journalist who wrote a report about an alleged phone conversation where the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, purportedly asking the General Overseer of Living Faith Church, Winners Chapel, to support his political goals, has been suspended by Peoples Gazette, a news outlet. …

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FactCheck: Did an IPOB Terrorist Attempt To Hijack an Airplane?

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Mustapha Lawal Claim A Twitter user claimed an IPOB terrorist attempted to hijack an Ibom Air plane yesterday. Verdict No! The claim is Misleading! The picture attached to the tweet was from a video of a yet-to-be-identified man who engaged in unruly behaviour, calling that the president-elect Bola Tinubu should not be sworn in. FactCheckElection …

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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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FactCheck: Does This Picture Show Nigerians in Court?

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Michael Babatunde Claim A twitter user @Naija_Activist shared a picture which he claimed is of Nigerians at court on Thursday 9 March, 2023 The tweet had 62.2k views, 689 retweets, 15 quote tweets and 3,067 likes as at the time it was obtained by FactCheckElections. Verdict Misleading Full Text Peter Obi was at the court …

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