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Fact-Check Roundup: Election and Public-Affairs Claims from the Past Four Weeks
Fact-Check: No, Professor Wole Soyinka Did Not Tell President Bola Tinubu He Is “Not Fit for Re-election”
IFEX Elects IPC Executive Director, Lanre Arogundade, to Its Global Council
Court of Appeal Upholds INEC’s 2027 Election Guidelines, Overturns High Court Ruling
01
Dec
Fact Check: The Claim that Islamic Terrorists Set Fire to a Church in Northern Nigeria is false; Video Not from Nigeria.
CLAIM: Video showing a church in northern Nigeria allegedly set on fire by...
01
Dec
Fact-Check: The Video Alleging Forced Military Recruitment for Nigerian Youths is AI-generated.
Claim: A viral video claims that the Nigerian military is threatening to force...
30
Nov
Fact Check: No, Nigeria Correctional Service Guards Did Not Resign Over Nnamdi Kanu
Claim: A Facebook page claims that two Sokoto prison guards have resigned due...
29
Nov
Fact-Check: False—The U.S. President Has Not Banned Nigerians from Entering the United States.
Claim: A YouTube account claims that President Donald Trump has banned...
29
Nov
Fact-Check: No, FG Did Not Abandon Former President Jonathan in Guinea-Bissau
Claim An X user, @honshield alleged that President Tinubu abandoned former...
24
Nov
Fact Check: Viral Video of Abductors Arrested in Eruku Community Was False
Claim: A widely shared video on WhatsApp and Facebook over the weekend alleged...
24
Nov
The Trending #FreeNnamdiKanu Protest Video is AI-generated
CLAIM: Video shows protesters seeking the release of Nnamdi Kanu VERDICT:...
20
Nov
Fact Check: Kwankwaso Did Not Delete His Tweet Responding to Donald Trump’s Announcement
CLAIM: That Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso deleted his X (formerly Twitter) post...
18
Nov
Fact Check: Image Depicting “Igbo Woman US Soldier” is AI-Generated. She Did Not promise to Invade Northern Nigeria
CLAIM: An Igbo Woman in the US Army has promised to invade Northern Nigeria to...
08
Nov
Fact-Check: Soludo Hasn’t Been Declared Winner of the Anambra Election.
Claim: Governor Charles Soludo is the winner in the ongoing Anambra elections....
