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The council of Young Leaders groups under the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, made several claims about Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the incumbent Ondo governor and candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Saturday’s gubernatorial election. The group claimed that Aiyedatiwa’s administration has failed to perform in the 10 months since he was

Nonnyp Blog posted a picture of popular Nigerian Gospel Singer Moses Bliss with his wife and another picture of him carrying a baby on Facebook, claiming that the singer and his wife had just welcomed a bouncing baby boy.. The caption on the picture reads;  “Nigeria Popular Singer Moses Bliss

On November 11, an X user @Tobi_sneh0147 posted a claim that Justices Misitura Bolaji-Yusuff and Boloukuromo Moses Ugo, of the Nigerian Court of Appeal are dead.  @Tobisneh0147 posted the picture of the two judges with the caption: “Breaking News: Two Nigerian judges who declared Tinubu winner in 2023 presidential election

An image of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 general election and Mr Musiliu Akinsanya known as M.C. Oluomo, the newly elected National President of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, has been circulating on X with a claim that Obi visited MC Oluomo

On November 3, 2024, an X user, @Rayyan_Tukur posted that Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has not implemented the new minimum wage payment for Ondo workers since July when it was first announced by the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government. The post reads: “Shame on Aiyedatiwa & APC after announcing to

On November 10, 2024, an X user, @adabanpegede asked a question on the platform, “No LP candidate in Ondo Election?” This question was accompanied by a picture of Peter Obi with the inscription, ‘Na so I go labour vain.’ The claim has since garnered about 1,000 views, 6 replies, 41

A 17-second video which purportedly shows the President-elect of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, announcing Engr. Mustafa Bello, a former minister of commerce to join his team and take charge of budget planning, has been circulating on Whatsapp since the U.S. presidential election. The claim was shared

A video purportedly showing a lifeless body on the ground has been circulating on Facebook, with the claim that the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, is killing northerners doing business in Orlu Market near Total Roundabout in Imo State, Nigeria. The Facebook user, Eze Awo Omamma Kingdom with 15,000 followers

An X user, @Mario9jaa posted a claim that Nigeria’s ex-president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and his team inherited a foreign reserve of over $50 billion naira when he assumed office. His post reads, “If Jonathan and his mismanagement team did not happen to Nigeria,we should be on about $200 billion naira

A popular facts platform on X, Africa Facts Zone (@AfricaFactsZone) posted pictures of National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) members with the claim that the paramilitary organisation has increased the monthly allowance of serving corps members to 77,000 naira.  The X account cited The Punch newspaper as its source. The caption