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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.

Viral photos of children ‘hospitalised’ after eating Ewedu and Amala are misleading

General
IMAGES showing three children seated in front of plates of food have been shared online with claims they depict Nigerian children hospitalised after eating...

Old Saudi Arabia drug-trafficking death row report resurfaces as new

General
A video circulating on social media claims that Saudi Arabia recently released a list of Nigerians sentenced to death for drug-related offences and that...

No, photo of Peter Obi serving food was not taken at Digital Media Summit

Politics
A photo showing Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, carrying a tray of food has been circulated on social media with the...

Photo does not show Nigerian man arrested for drug trafficking in Ghana

General
A photo showing a handcuffed man in a red shirt has surfaced online with a claim that it shows a Nigerian man of Yoruba...

No, INEC did not confirm Nenadi Usman as LP chairperson

Politics
A claim that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed Nenadi Usman as the chairperson of the Labour Party has gone viral online. An...

Dapo Abiodun did not rename college after Awujale’s death

General
A video circulating online claims Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun renamed a state-owned college after the late Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, following...

Viral security operatives break-in video NOT from Southeast

General
A video showing armed security operatives forcefully breaking into a residential apartment has sparked outrage online, with claims that the incident took place in...

No, photo does not flyover collapse three weeks after commissioning in Nasarawa

General
A collage of images showing what appears to be a collapsed bridge has been circulating online, accompanied by the claim that a newly constructed...

Video from Ghana by-election wrongly shared as Edo shooting incident

General
Facebook user, Agozi Commedy posted a video with a claim that a police officer shot a bus driver in Edo State, Nigeria over a...

Video does NOT show Uganda deputy president struggling to speak

Politics
X user Somto Okonkwoshared a video of an elderly man struggling to speak at a public event. In the 43-second clip, the man appears...
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