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 [email protected] and @NurudeenAkewus1 via Twitter.

Nigeria is NOT the cheapest country to live in Africa 

AN X user, @jeffphilips1, has claimed that Nigeria is the cheapest country to live in Africa. He posted the claim with a caption thus:  “Yet the...

No, Kaduna has generated foreign investment since El-Rufai left office

AN X user, @xagreat, has claimed that Kaduna State has not attracted a single Foreign Direct Investment since its former governor, Nasir El-Rufai, left...

Fact-checking El-Rufai’s claims on Tinubu-led govt, APC

A former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, appeared recently on Arise TV to discuss his political future, including his views on the current...

Misinformation deters 62% of Nigerian youths from participating in politics – Report

A new report by TechCabal has revealed that 62 per cent of young Nigerians are discouraged from participating in Nigerian politics due to misinformation. The...

Has any Nigerian civil servant received new minimum wage?

An X user, @xagreat, has claimed that no civil servant in Nigeria has received the new national minimum wage since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led...

Doctored image showing Wole Soyinka as hunter circulates online

AN X user, @AfonjaSlayer, has posted an image of the Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, alongside a claim that he is now a...

Nigerian influencer makes false claims about Boko Haram insurgency, kidnapping

A Nigerian influencer and social commentator, Isaac Fayose, has claimed that there have been no cases of Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria adding that...

Viral video does not show looted money recovered by EFCC in Abuja, Delta

A video showing people uncovering bags of money stacked in a container has surfaced online, with varying claims that it depicts money hidden by...

Again, Buhari makes false claims about Nigeria’s economy, security during his presidency

FORMER Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, has once again claimed that security and economy improved significantly in Nigeria during his eight-year democratic presidency. He said this...

AI chatbots more likely to spread false claims in Russian and Chinese – Report

A recent NewsGuard audit across seven languages has found that the top 10 artificial intelligence models are significantly more likely to generate false claims...

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