Crosscheck Nigeria

A VIDEO claiming that Bukola Saraki was booed by some people after the February 23 presidential election is not true. The video, which was shared on the 23rd of February by the Twitter handle @DOlusegun, was captioned"Saraki leaves Ilorin…
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A Facebook page, Nigeria's Peoples Parliament posted a digitally altered photo of President Muhammadu Buhari raising his ballot paper which showed he had voted for the People's Democratic Party, at this year's presidential election.…
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A picture of men allegedly caught with PVCs in Akwa Ibom state is making the rounds on social media, with supporters of both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) pointing accusing…
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THE claim in a video showing that President Muhammadu Buhari was booed and greeted with chants of 'ole', meaning thief in Yoruba language, by youths in Lagos during the presidential rally is FALSE. The video was doctored to validate the…
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A Facebook collaged photo showing venues and attendance of presidential campaign rallies of the APC Presidential Candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, in Adamawa State and his PDP counterpart, Atiku Abubakar, in Katsina State is misleading and…
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A STATEMENT attributed to the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, posted on both Facebook and Twitter,  was misquoted and misleading.  A Facebook page “Dailymail gist” had as at 03:46 pm on February 8, 2019, posted a quote: “‘Those who…
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AN image of Julian Assange holding UK newspaper The Guardian has been doctored to look like the headline says that President Muhammadu Buhari has “massive plans to islamise Nigeria.” CrossCheck Nigeria has confirmed that the headline is not…
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POSTS on Twitter and Facebook claim that German Chancellor Angela Merkel said “democracy under Buhari is one of the best in the world.” There is no evidence that Merkel made any public statement of support for Presidential Candidate…
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A Facebook page alleged that Festus Keyamo, director of Strategic Communications for the Buhari 2019 Presidential Campaign Organisation, said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s "loss of memory was normal". Keyamo has denied it. "Of course…
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A Facebook video showing Fatou Bensouda, a prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling on Nigerians to refrain from violence ahead of the election is original and factual, although it is dated. It was released few days…
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