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[email protected]: The challenges of working across Africa

Misinformation knows no borders and Africa Check often responds to similar false claims from country to country.

Passengers trek to the airport terminal in Ikeja, Lagos in October 2020

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Are 20,000 Nigerian doctors practising in the US, compared to 50,000 in the country?

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Covid-19 vaccine

Did WHO kick Nigeria out of the Covax Covid-19 vaccine programme? Not quite...

False Igbo title claim

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No, Lagos government hasn’t banned the ‘Eze Ndigbo’ titles in the Nigerian state

Out of context photo of Oworu attack

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Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Nigeria’s Labour Party candidate for Lagos assembly bloodied during attack by thugs? No, photo old, unrelated

False claim that Okada has been unbanned

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Babajide Sanwo-Olu

No, the governor of Nigeria’s Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has not lifted ban on popular okada motorcycle taxis

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Beware Twitter accounts impersonating Nigeria’s Labour Party vice presidential candidate

Obi has not withdrawn from 2023 election

#NigeriaDecides2023

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No, Nigeria’s Labour Party presidential candidate Obi hasn’t withdrawn from election and declared support for the PDP’s Abubakar

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Central Bank of Nigeria

No, Nigeria’s central bank will not shut down the banking system for elections

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Fact-checking claims by Nigerian presidential hopefuls at the Arise TV town hall

Three presidential election contenders recently outlined their plans if elected in 2023. We took a closer look at some of their claims.

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Men arrested with human bones in Nigeria, not Kenya

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Nigeria election blog

Ahead of major #NigeriaDecides2023 elections, country’s fact-checkers write open letter to politicians

As the election campaigns officially start in Nigeria, a coalition of its fact-checkers is asking politicians to reject misinformation and p