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Nurudeen Akewushola
Nurudeen Akewushola
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AN X account, @ABUInsight, has posted an image claiming it depicts the Danfodio Hall of Residence at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.

The post featured a photo of a modern multi-storey hostel building with the caption: “Danfodio Hall of Residence, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.”

The post (now deleted) had garnered over 400 reposts and more than 3,000 likes.

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CLAIM

The image shows the Danfodio Hall of Residence at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria.

screenshot of the viral post

THE FINDINGS

Findings by The FactCheckHub show that the claim is MISLEADING.

Danfodio Hall is indeed one of the student hostels at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

However, a reverse image search reveals that the building in the viral photo is actually located at the University of Professional Studies (UPSA) in Accra, Ghana.

The structure is a 1,664-bed student hostel, commissioned in 2023 and named after Nii Amon Kotei, the renowned artist who designed Ghana’s Coat of Arms.

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The ultra-modern hostel complex has facilities such as a recreational area, study/reading rooms, Junior Common Rooms (JCR), a laundry area, TV rooms, automated teller machines (ATM), a modern security system, CCTV cameras, an elevator, and other auxiliary amenities.

In contrast, Danfodio Hall at ABU is an older male hostel and bears no resemblance to the multi-storey structure shown in the claim.

VERDICT

The claim that the image shows Danfodio Hall of Residence at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, is MISLEADING. Findings confirm that the building is actually the Nii Amon Kotei Student Hostel at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Ghana.

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Nurudeen Akewushola is a fact-checker with FactCheckHub. He has authored several fact checks which have contributed to the fight against information disorder. You can reach him via nyahaya@icirnigeria.org and @NurudeenAkewus1 via Twitter.

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