Claim A Facebook post made by legit.com on July 8th 2026, is claiming that former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has quietly abandoned his presidential ambition to lead Nigeria in 2027 and is now positioning himself behind former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the newly formed opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC). …
Claim A post made by Ojulowoomoyorubatv on Facebook is claiming that voters under the Osun East senatorial district have petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recall Sen. Francis Fadahunsi. The claim says that the petitioners are recalling their senator in the National Assembly over what they described as “a loss of confidence in…
A claim surfaced on Facebook that names of polling unit officials and assistant polling unit officials trained and deployed for the Osun State gubernatorial elections have been changed. Oni Gbenga Lawrence made this post on his Facebook page on Friday August 14, 2026. The Facebook post had gathered 41 comments 22 reshares and 81 likes…
Claim: A malicious Facebook post was made by Gideon Daniel Kurah on July 28, 2026, with claims that, towards the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Osun State, the Osun State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has collapsed its structure and adopted the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji…
There was a claim on the Igbo Times Magazine’s Facebook page that President Donald Trump (USA) had cancelled an earlier scheduled summit with President Bola Tinubu. The claim described President Tinubu as “a president not constitutionally elected by his people” The post surfaced on November 7, 2025, at about 7:43 pm, on a Facebook page…
There has been a claim by the governorship candidate of the Young Peoples Party (YPP), Paul Chukwuma, that Governor Chukwuma Soludo is funding state militias to disrupt the November 8, 2025, Guber polls in Anambra State. Chukwuma made this allegation while speaking on Arise TV. The politician, who believes he can defeat Soludo come…
A Facebook post by Mirror Box has sparked rumours that the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, will be victimised and impeached by the Bayelsa State House of Assembly for refusing to defect from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) with Governor Diri Duoye. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo had distanced…
A social media post on Facebook claimed that four Anambra lawmakers defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The post was made by Eneh Chigozie Victor on September 23, 2025. Reacting to the post, Harrison A. Nwegwu claimed that the allegiance of these four lawmakers was bought with ₦50 million by the APC gubernatorial candidate,…
A lawyer, Kenneth Okonkwo, made a post on his verified X handle @realkenokonkwo on October 15, 2025, claiming that Governor Diri Duoye of Bayelsa State already vacated his seat as governor when he announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The post gathered over 7k views on X within a short time….
On September 28, 2025, a claim surfaced on Facebook that the Governor of Anambra State, Prof Charles Chukwuemeka Soludo, is booking all hotel rooms in the State to shelter hoodlums, fake INEC officials and fake security agents to rig the forthcoming November 8, guber elections in Anambra State. The information was posted on Facebook by…
