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Nurudeen Akewushola

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.

Photos do not show Hushpuppi after deportation to Nigeria

General
IMAGES showing a man in handcuffs being escorted by security personnel have surfaced online with claims that they depict Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, popularly known...

Akpabio is wrong; no Nigerian state is without working internet

Elections
THE President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has claimed that over nine states in Nigeria do not have internet access due to insecurity. Akpabio made...

Old video of people jostling for food resurfaces online

General
A video circulating on social media claims to show residents of Ibadan, Oyo State, scrambling for 1kg bags of rice recently distributed as federal...

No record of ‘Chinonso Amadi’s’ arrest for scam in South Africa

General
A post claiming that a man named Chinonso Amadi, was apprehended in South Africa for allegedly defrauding a client of $520,000 has circulated widely...

Ministry of Information ignores fight against misinformation in 2026 Budget

Insights
THE Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation did not allocate any funds to enlighten the public on the danger of fake news in...

AI Chatbots struggle to detect AI-generated videos – Report

News
LEADING artificial intelligence chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok, are largely unable to identify AI-generated videos, according to a new report...

Video does not show Tinubu supporting Wike amid renewed political crisis in Rivers

Politics
A video showing President Bola Tinubu praising the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has been recirculated online as though the comment...

IFCN condemns US visa bans on fact-checkers, others

General
THE International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute has condemned the United States government’s recent decision to deny visas to individuals, including Fact-checkers,...

Old video of Fubara saying Rivers assembly members do not exist resurfaces online 

Politics
A video showing the governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, stating that the members of the state assembly do not exist have resurfaced online,...

Video does not show Osimhen reconciling with teammates after confrontation with Lookman

General
A video showing Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen heading toward the tunnel before being hugged by his teammate, Alex Iwobi, has surfaced online with...
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