governor

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Fake graphic – former Kenyan governor Hassan Joho didn't ask opposition to avoid 'embarrassing' protests

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Babajide Sanwo-Olu

nigeria election meta check

No, Nigeria’s Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu didn’t promise to release pro-Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu to the Igbo people if re-elected

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Babajide Sanwo-Olu

No, Nigeria’s Lagos state governor didn’t invite Igbos to dinner to get their votes

KTN_Fake

Kenya’s Kiambu county governor backs controversial dam despite residents’ opposition? No, graphic fake

Ortom_False

nigeria election meta check

No evidence Nigeria’s Benue state governor said he withheld workers’ pay over holidays to stop them getting drunk

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Jonathan Bii Chelilim

Ignore scam Facebook page impersonating governor of Kenya’s Uasin Gishu county

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nigeria election meta check

Presidential candidate

Nigeria’s G5 opposition governors list demands for support of governing party’s presidential candidate? Zero evidence for claim

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Kimani Wamatangi

Eighty percent of Kiambu county assembly members ‘illiterate’? No, viral graphic quoting Kenyan governor fake

TinubuLagosQuote_False

nigeria election meta check

No evidence Nigerian presidential candidate Bola Tinubu has said he would make his son the next Lagos state governor

Nigeria health insurance

PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP

Is Nigeria’s central bank governor on the money about health insurance and out-of-pocket payments?

Godwin Emefiele made claims about the low access to healthcare in Africa’s most populous country. Do his claims check out?

Governor_quote

No, Kenya’s Nation newspaper did not say former governor Sonko implicated MP in election official’s murder

nation fake

Kenyan politicians clash over who will run with Ruto in 2022? No, Nation front page doctored