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…
Claim: A Facebook post by Igbo Times Magazine on October 17, 2025, claimed that Governor Alex Otti of Abia State had dumped the Labour Party (LP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The post read in part “BREAKING NEWS: Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, Dumps Labour Party for APC — Says “APC Means Well for…
Claim An online publication, Politics Nigeria, on September 30, 2025, reported that 14 political assassinations have been recorded in Anambra State within two years. Verification To verify this claim, we reviewed reports from multiple reputable media organisations and independent research bodies. Media Corroboration A review shows that the report was also published by major national…
Image of Simon Ekpa attached to the claim on Facebook. Claim: Multiple Facebook users claimed that a Finnish court has freed Simon Ekpa and awarded him $50,000 compensation because the Nigerian Government failed to appear in court. Full Text Simon Ekpa is a Nigerian separatist and self-acclaimed leader of a faction of the proscribed Indigenous…
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…
A Facebook post published by AIFMedia surfaced on October 7, 2025, with claims that the Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuemeka Soludo, shut down all the private schools in the state and ordered both parents and school owners to be at Ekwueme Square for an endorsement rally. The claim stated that following the total rejection…
A claim circulating on WhatsApp directs users to a website purportedly linked to a Federal Government bursary scheme, It claims that students in secondary schools are entitled to receive ₦30,000. The message instructs students to click a button that says Bank form and fill in their bank details in order to access the funds….
A Facebook user, Comrd Bashir Usman Gobir, on July 31, 2025, posted that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) was set to begin a new recruitment exercise. According to his claim, the recruitment portal would open on August 5, 2025, and close on October 10, 2025. The post also included a link (policerecruitment.gov.ng) purportedly directing interested…
On September 24, 2025, a supposed news story went viral on the internet, stating that the former Labour Party’s presidential candidate at the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, had recently met with the president of the United States of America (USA) inside the Oval Office. The picture uploaded alongside the news item showed Peter…
