Lee Mwiti

Screenshots circulating on Facebook in Nigeria appear to show the winner of an annual prize saying he hopes Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu will restore the country’s “stolen mandate”, while calling Tinubu’s rival Peter Obi “My President elect”. Prof Saheed Aderinto is a Niger...

A photo of Olumide Oworu, the Labour Party candidate for the Lagos State House of Assembly to represent Surulere Constituency I, has been circulating online with the claim that he was injured when thugs attacked his campaign event. Oworu, a 28-year-old actor, is running against the incumbent, an ...

A post circulating on Facebook in Nigeria claims that Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has unbanned okada in the state. Okada refers to the commercial motorcycle popularly used as a taxi in Nigeria. “GOV. SANWO-OLU has unbanned Okada taxi, he is freely releasing vehicles forcefu...

As the conduct and outcome of Nigeria’s 25 February 2023 presidential election continues to be debated, including in the courts, the head of the electoral commission is among those under scrutiny. The candidate of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) party, Bola Tinubu, was decla...