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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.

How true is the claim that eating Beans with ripe Plantains is ‘food poison’?

Health
A claim that eating beans with ripe plantain, a popular food combination in Nigeria, is considered poisonous and unhealthy has resurfaced online. The combination is...

Verified users post 74 per cent of misleading claims about Israel-Hamas war on X – Report

News
A new report  by NewsGuard has revealed that a significant portion of viral posts spreading misinformation about the Israel - Hamas war on the...

Nov 11 polls : INEC warns against election-related misinformation

News
AHEAD of the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo States, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again expressed concern over...

EU warns Elon Musk over ‘disinformation’ on X about Israel – Hamas conflict

News
THE European Union (EU) has warned Elon Musk over alleged disinformation about the Hamas attacks on Israel, including fake news and “repurposed old images”,...

AFP, Dubawa, TheCable, others win 2023 African Fact-checking Awards

News
Fact-checkers from Agence France-Presse (AFP), Dubawa and TheCable Check, among others have emerged winners at the 2023 African Fact-checking Awards held on Friday, October...

AI voice technology used to create misleading videos on TikTok – Report

News
A new report by NewsGuard has revealed that a network of 17 TikTok accounts is exploiting hyper-realistic AI voice technology to disseminate conspiracy content...

EU decries increased disinformation posts on X

News
THE European Union (EU) Commission has declared X (formerly Twitter), the social media platform with the largest ratio of misinformation and disinformation posts. The Commission’s...

Elon Musk’s policy change fuels engagement of unchecked propaganda on X – Report

Insights
ELON Musk's policy change on X on state-affiliated labels has led to a significant increase in engagement for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian state-run media...

X ranks worst in climate change misinformation scorecard

News
THE Climate Action Against Disinformation has ranked Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) as the least-performing among social media platforms due to its poor approach...

Study exposes gaps in Meta’s policies against COVID-19 misinformation

News
A new research published on Science Advances has revealed that the COVID-19 vaccine misinformation policies of Facebook owned by Meta were not effective in reducing...
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