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No, Nigeria's president-elect Bola Tinubu didn't say he'd look to China instead if US president Joe Biden didn’t congratulate him.

Nigeria president-elect Bola Tinubu has said the country would “partner with China” if US president Joe Biden didn’t congratulate him. At least, that’s the claim in a post shared on Facebook in Nigeria. Tinubu was declared the winner of the February 2023 presidential electi...

Evidence supports Nigerian governorship candidate's claim of degree from prestigious US university

Nigerians go to the polls on 18 March 2023 to elect governors and state assemblies, with Lagos, the country's economic capital, one of the states that will be closely watched. Governors will also be elected in 27 other states. (Read our fact-check: #LagosRace2023: Fact-checking claims by candi...

No, Nigeria 2023 election portal does not show Labour Party's Peter Obi as winner, results upload ongoing

Reactions about the conduct and outcome of Nigeria's election have been mixed, days after the electoral body declared Bola Tinubu of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) president-elect. The Independent National Electoral Commission or Inec is the electoral body responsible for conductin...

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