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.

No, Onanuga has not deleted his X posts about Obi

A claim that Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has deleted all the posts...

Stakeholders advocate for digital inclusion, public service digitisation ahead of UN Summit of the Future

Stakeholders from various Civil Society Organizations and media have emphasized the urgent need to expand broadband access in Nigeria and digitise public services to...

Did Nigerian government cut cost of governance due to ‘hunger’ protest?

A video showing the Nigerian presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, announcing the reduction of number of people on entourages for federal government's official travels has...

Nigerian president’s official X handles recirculate old broadcast

FOLLOWING the criticism that trailed the nationwide broadcast delivered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on August 4, the official X accounts of the president...

Charly Boy shares old video of warehouse looting amid ‘End Bad Governance’ protests

NIGERIAN musician, Charles Oputa, has posted a video allegedly showing the recent looting of a warehouse amid the ongoing nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria. Popularly...

IFCN condemns threats to abolish fact-checking organization in Greece

THE International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) has condemned a recent threat  by a member of Greece’s Hellenic Parliament, Kyriakos Velopoulos, to abolish Ellinika Hoaxes, a...

‘Hunger’ protests: Fact-checking Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast to Nigerians

FOLLOWING the nationwide protests rocking Nigeria over economic hardship, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu addressed citizens in the early hours of Sunday, August 4, 2024. Since...

#EndBadGovernance: Dele Momodu posts video from Kenya to depict protest in Niger State

A prominent Nigerian journalist and publisher, Dele Momodu, has posted an aerial video that shows a large crowd protesting on a busy street to...

Video does not show youth’s clash with traditionalists over August protest

A video showing burning tyres on a street has surfaced online alongside a claim that it was from a clash between traditional worshippers and...

Old video of Kano incident used to depict ‘hunger’ protest in Abuja

AN X user, @teejayy__x has posted a video of some youths protesting on a street, claiming that it shows an ongoing protest in Abuja on...

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