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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.

No, Isaac Alfa is not LP’s flagbearer for Kogi guber poll

Politics
A claim that Isaac Alfa, former Chief of Air staff, is the elected flagbearer of the Labour Party for the November 11 governorship election...

‘Blue Check’ verified accounts are flooding Twitter with misinformation – Report

Insights
A News Guard’s ‘misinformation monitor’ report has revealed that Twitter's "blue check" which was previously an indication of an account's authenticity, has now become...

How Twitter’s Elon Musk amplifies misinformation – Report 

News
A report by the Agence France-Presse (AFP) has alleged that the Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, Elon Musk, repeatedly used his account to amplify...

No, Feyi Daniels was not charged to court over prophesy

Politics
ON April 17, 2023, a Twitter account, Peter Obi Grassroots Mobilization  (@P_O GrassrootRoomM) claimed that a clergyman,  Feyi Daniels was charged to court by...

Video does not show INEC REC for Adamawa brutalized

Elections
A video showing a lynched man inside a vehicle has surfaced online with a claim that it shows the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)...

Experts call for increased media literacy, collaborations to tackle fake news

News
EXPERTS drawn from the legal and media industry have called for increased media literacy and awareness for citizens including the implementation of a comprehensive...

No, Peter Obi has not deleted his tweet about resignation from PDP!

Politics
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

Politics
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

General
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!

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