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, Peter Obi has not deleted his tweet about resignation from PDP!

ON April 11, 2023, a Twitter user, Imran Muhammad, with the username: @imranmhudz, claimed that Peter Obi, the Labour Party's (LP) flag-bearer in Nigeria's...

Doctored image of Peter Obi, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, ‘UK cop’ circulates online

An image showing Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the chairperson of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) with Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party in Nigeria's...

Sam Omatseye shares misleading tweet about Tinubu with Buhari in Saudi Arabia

SAM Omatseye, a renowned Nigerian columnist with The Nation newspaper, has tweeted an image showing Nigeria's President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and President Muhammadu Buhari...

No, US government did not criticize Nigeria’s presidential election!

A Nigerian music artiste, Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has shared a video alongside a claim that the United States had...

From rejection to advocacy: How religious clerics helped to drive high COVID-19 vaccination in Kano

The nationally-promoted COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Kano had initially suffered a setback due to an ugly experience with a failed Pfizer vaccine trial in...

Osun election: False claim circulates that Gboyega Oyetola wins at Appeal Court

Following the appeal court judgement on Friday over the disputed July 16, 2022 gubernatorial election in Osun State, a false claim has circulated online...

Lagos gubernatorial: Doctored images of Sanwo-Olu circulate online

SEVERAL images purportedly showing the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, have been circulating online in the lead-up to the March 18 gubernatorial election in...

Viral photo of bloodied Olumide Oworu is not recent

An image showing Olumide Oworu, the Labour Party's candidate for Lagos State House of Assembly in Surulere Constituency 1, with blood on his face...

Scam Alert: Viral WhatsApp contact does not belong to Lagos governor, Sanwo-Olu

A telephone number attributed to the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has surfaced online with a claim that the governor makes his WhatsApp contact...

False claim circulates that Ireti Kingibe is the first elected female FCT senator

A claim that Ireti Kingibe is the first female senator to be elected in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) into Nigeria's National Assembly (NASS)...

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