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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.

Nigerian president’s official X handles recirculate old broadcast

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Video of February demonstration in Ibadan used to depict planned August protest

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An X user, @thatverydarkmnn has posted a video of protesting on the streets has surfaced online with a claim that the planned nationwide protest...

Video does not show #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano

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AHEAD of the planned nationwide protest scheduled for August 1, a video showing some youths holding placards and burning tyres has surfaced online with...

Disinformation actors are using crypto to influence elections – Report

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A new report from the blockchain analytics firm, Chainalysis, has shown that cryptocurrency is being used to finance and facilitate disinformation campaigns globally. The study...
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