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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.

41 accounts use AI to mass-produce political misinformation on TikTok – Report

News
A new report by NewsGuard has uncovered how 41 TikTok accounts are using AI-generated narration to disseminate political misinformation at scale. The platform described it...

Video does not show flooding in Austria 

General
RESIDENTS of Lagos State recently experienced heavy floods following the torrential rain that left many families homeless for days. The development sparked criticisms from the...

US exposes alleged AI-driven Russian ‘bot farm’

News
THE United States has uncovered an AI-powered information operation run from Russia involving about 1,000 social media accounts posing as Americans. The accounts on X...

Hauwa Allahbura makes false claim about Ogun State’s 2024 budget

Economy
THE Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, trended on X this week as many Nigerian netizens called him out over the poor quality of...

Mike Arnold makes false claim about Nigeria’s security

Security
MAYOR of Blanco, Texas and founder of Africa Arise International, Mike Arnold has claimed that the latest Global Terrorism Index (GTI) report showed that...

67 per cent of top brands inadvertently advertise on misinformation websites – Study

News
A study published in the journal, Nature, by researchers at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon has shown that most prominent brands are inadvertently funding online...

UPDATED: Federal lawmaker amplifies false claim about Nigeria’s gold reserve

Economy
EDITOR'S NOTE/CORRECTION: * The featured image has been changed to that of a gold bar, which is the primary element in the claim while the...

No! Makinde is not the first governor to break second term jinx in Oyo State

Politics
An Arise TV journalist, Reuben Abati, has claimed that Seyi Makinde is 'the only Governor to have broken the jinx of a second term...

Video of Shettima disparaging call for restructuring resurfaces online

Politics
A video showing Nigeria's Vice President, Kashim Shettima, disparaging the clamour for restructuring in the country has resurfaced online. In the video, Shettima downplayed the...

Video of Sanusi criticising Nigerian government is not recent

Politics
A video showing the reinstated Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, speaking on the failure of the Nigerian government to address various problems bedevilling...
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