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An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission sorts out voter cards at a ward in Lagos on 12 January 2023.

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Influencer makes misleading claims about presidential candidates’ promises to vote-rich northern Nigeria

A Twitter influencer compared the promises supposedly made by the three presidential frontrunners to Nigerians. We checked his claims.

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

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Ibrahim Babangida

Olusegun Obasanjo

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Rárá, ọ̀gágun tí ó jẹ́ olórí orílẹ̀dè Nàìjíríà tẹ́lẹ̀rí Babangida kò tweet pé òhun fọ̣wọ́sí bí Obasanjo ṣe fòntè lu Obi olùdíje fún ipò ààrẹ

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Ibrahim Babangida

Olusegun Obasanjo

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No, Nigeria’s former military leader Babaginda didn’t tweet support for Obasanjo’s endorsement of presidential candidate Obi

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Babu hujjar da ta tabbatar cewa ɗan takarar shugaban ƙasa Tinubu ya ce ‘ya rasa duk abokan karatun sa a yaƙin Biafra’

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Kò sí ẹ̀rí pé olùdíje dupò ààrẹ lórílẹ̀dè Nàìjíríà Bola Tinubu sọpé òhun “pàdánù àwọn ọmọ kílàsì òhun ní ogun abélé ti Biafra”

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No evidence Nigeria presidential candidate Bola Tinubu said he ‘lost all his classmates in the Biafra war’

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Scam alert – no evidence Nigeria’s main opposition party is paying voters to support its 2023 presidential candidate

Kenya presidential candidate George Wajackoyah. NTV

George Wajackoyah

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Kenya Election Report

Ganjanomics: Fact-checking Kenyan presidential candidate George Wajackoyah’s marijuana agenda

George Luchiri Wajackoyah says marijuana exports will solve Kenya’s economic problems. But his economics of ganja don’t add up.

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Video of Donald Trump endorsing Nigerian presidential candidate is fake