Crosscheck Nigeria 22 posts

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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A quote attributed to the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed that says “We Saw A PDP Membership Card And Atiku Abubakar's Bank Cheque In The Pocket Of The Pilot That Crashed Our Osinbajo's Helicopter" is being circulated online. There…
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On January 29, Facebook user Olutoyoso Omotoso posted a video and captioned it as originating from the USA Centre for Security Studies. This is false. While the video is genuine, the author had angled the caption in a way that presented…
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A number of Facebook posts have shared a photo claiming that the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, met with the leading opposition presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, in Dubai. CrossCheck Nigeria,  a…
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A Facebook post from Dailymail gist shows the scene of a disrupted event, claiming that locals in Kukara, Taraba had chased out the APC gubernatorial candidate at an event in the village. The post had garnered an engagement of 319…
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A number of online publications have claimed that leading opposition presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, was on Wednesday, January 30, besieged by members of police and men of the Department of State Services in his Abuja residence. …
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WIDELY shared videos and posts have claimed that the new acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad did not attend law school and was not called to bar. Fact-checks by CrossCheck Nigeria, a collaboration of newsrooms in…
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A Facebook page posted a video on its platform claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari was booed after the presidential rally in Sokoto state. CrossCheck Nigeria, a collaboration of newsrooms in Nigeria which includes The ICIR, confirms…
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THE negotiating committees of the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have been in a fight, an online video alleges. Shared on the 17th of January by Hope For Nigeria, a Facebook page, the 20secs video…
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ROTIMI Chibuike Amaechi, minister of transportation and the director-general of the APC presidential campaign organisation was said to have been arrested by the police in his home on Wednesday, January 23 on allegations of corruption.…
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THE wife of PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, Mrs. Titi Atiku, was allegedly attacked by "APC thugs" outside the Sarkin Sasa house in Ibadan on Friday, 18 January, according to news reports. While there are no pictures or videos…
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A VIDEO showing that the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was booed and chased away by angry people in a market in Ilorin, Kwara State capital has surfaced online. The post was shared on the website of SpyNigeria.ng News. CrossCheck…
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A photo, supposedly of the door-to-door campaign leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), surfaced on Facebook saying he was brutalised while campaigning for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari. It didn't say where in…
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