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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.

FactCheck247 trains Kwara community on fighting misinformation

News
­FACTCHECK247, a fact-checking platform in Nigeria, has sensitized members of a Kwara community on the danger of information disorder and the need for a...

2024: Experts berate Nigerian govt for budgeting N24.5 million to tackle fake news

Insights
Experts in the information ecosystem have criticized the Nigerian Government's N24.5 million budget proposal to tackle fake news in 2024, despite its acknowledged threat...

Video does not show Hushpuppi released from jail

General
An X user, @praisroghre, has shared a video showing Ramon Olorunwa Abbas popularly called Hushpuppi at an airport with a claim that the U.S.-convicted...

Akpabio repeats false claim about Lagos IGR under Tinubu 

Economy
NIGERIA's Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu grew Lagos state's monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from N600 million to...

YouTube unveil plans to tackle misinformation ahead of India’s 2024 general elections

News
YouTube, a video-streaming platform owned by Google, has unveiled plans to combat the spread of misleading content in the lead-up to India’s 2024 general...

False claim that Nigerian govt bans ‘Ghana must go’ bags at all airports circulates online

Government Policy
ON December 1, 2023, several Nigerian media platforms reported that the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had instituted a ban on the use...

X, misinformation accounts profit from misleading posts about Israel-Hamas war – Report

News
A study by NewGuard has revealed that programmatic advertisements for dozens of major brands, governments, educational institutions and non-profits are being displayed in X...

Omotoso makes false claim as evidence shows Sanwo-Olu paid law firms N200m from state’s coffer

General
THE Lagos state's commissioner of Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso has claimed that the document which revealed that the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu paid...

Nigerian government seeks US support to combat misinformation

News
THE Nigerian Government has urged the United States to support efforts at instituting best practices in the media space, particularly fact-checking mechanisms towards curbing...

NOA makes false claim about first female First Class Physics graduate in Sokoto university

General
THE National Orientation Agency (NOA) has claimed that Zainab Abdullahi Bashir is the first female student to graduate with first class honours at the...
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