Nigeria police force

FACT-CHECK: Does Viral ‘Open Letter’ Prove Francophone Foreigners Are Infiltrating Nigeria’s South-West As ISWAP Jihadists Or Election Thugs?

David Ojumoola05 mins

Claim A viral WhatsApp “Open Letter” circulating widely across Yoruba-speaking states in Nigeria claims that young, non-English-speaking foreigners from Mali, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, and Benin Republic are moving into remote areas of the South-West. The letter claims these youths have no visible livelihood, live up to 30 people per apartment, and asserts they…

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FACT-CHECK: No, Osun Election Returning Officer Prof. Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole Was Not Arrested Or Detained In Abuja

Chinemere Chukwu04 mins

Claim A message forwarded multiple times on WhatsApp claims that the Returning Officer for the 2026 Osun State governorship election, Prof. Joshua Olalekan Ogunwole, was arrested and detained in Abuja. The message was circulated with the headline: “Osun Election Returning Officer, Prof Joshua Olalekan Arrested, Detained in Abuja.” Why We Checked The claim emerged shortly…

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FACT-CHECK: No Evidence That All Nigerian Army, Police and 17 APC Governors Are in Osun to Rig Governorship Election

Chinemere Chukwu05 mins

Claim An X post by @debbySimon69 alleges that all personnel of the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force, as well as all 17 governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), are in Osun State to help the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu rig the August…

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#OsunDecides 2026: Claim That “Armed Men Took Over Osun Assembly Speaker’s Residence Is Misleading

Banke Fajuyi09 mins

Claim A  report published by Dockaysworld on August 15, 2026, with the headline: “BREAKING! Armed Men Take Over House Of Assembly Speaker’s Residence,” claims that armed men took over or surrounded the residence of the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adewale Egbedun, during the 2026 Osun governorship election. The report…

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Fact-Check: No Police Did Not Take Away Election Materials In Modakeke But Fired Tear Gas

Saka Fatima06 mins

Claim A video circulating on social media (Facebook)  and others claims that police officers fired tear gas at people gathered at a Registration Area Centre (RAC) in Modakeke, Osun State, and subsequently carted away election materials during the state’s governorship election on August 15, 2026. The content recorded with an Infenix Hot 30i had garnered…

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FACT-CHECK: Claim That Accord Assembly Member Imported 146 Alien Voters Into Ikire Is Uproven

Banke Fajuyi08 mins

Claim A report circulating online claims that Hon. Abiola Ibrahim, an Accord Party member in the Osun State House of Assembly, representing Irewole/Isokan State Constituency, confessed to the police that he imported 146 “alien voters” into Ikire to vote for the Accord Party. The report also claims that the lawmaker and the 146 persons were…

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FACT-CHECK: Video Does Not Prove Police Arrested 33 Accord Party “Imported Voters” in Osun

Chinemere Chukwu05 mins

Claim A report published by The Guild Online Newspaper claims that the police arrested 33 people described as “Accord Party-imported voters” in Osun State. The claim was also shared by Nigeria2027Election on Instagram and circulated by other social media accounts. In addition, a Facebook account Popoola Muideen Opeyemi shared a video claiming to show the…

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FACT-CHECK: Claims Of Nigerian Navy Arresting Osun APC Candidate Babatunde Komolafe With A Rifle Remain Unproven

David Ojumoola08 mins

Claim A viral multimedia report and video broadcast popularised by Sahara Reporters and widely reshared across public Facebook pages claim that operatives of the Nigerian Navy intercepted and arrested Hon. Babatunde Komolafe Festus, the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Assembly candidate for the Atakumosa East/West Local Government Area. The social media posts assert that…

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Fact- check: Is Nigerian Police Force Recruiting?

Chinemere Chukwu02 mins

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…

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