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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 government to collaborate with Google to tackle hate speech, disinformation

News
THE Nigerian Government says it is collaborating with Google to curb the spread of hate speech and disinformation on YouTube channels. The Minister of Information...

Peter Obi makes false claim about Nigeria’s total export in 2021

Economy
THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has claimed that Nigeria’s total export was less than 30 billion US dollars in 2021. According...

How accurate is Atiku’s claim on population of social media users in Northern Nigeria?

Insights
THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has claimed that 90 per cent of Nigerians from the Northern part of...

Meta may ease COVID-19 policies on misinformation

News
Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, says it is considering reviewing its policies on COVID-19 misinformation. In addition, it said that it is...

TRUE, this photo shows dilapidated school building around Gboyega Oyetola’s polling unit

Elections
A PHOTO showing a building around the polling unit of the incumbent Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola has surfaced online with a claim...

Claim that Ademola Adeleke has been sacked by court is FALSE

Elections
THE screenshot of a post attributed to a Twitter account, @APCYSForum, claiming that the Osun state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...

Oyetola makes false claim on violent attacks in Osun state

Elections
THE incumbent governor of Osun state, Gboyega Oyetola, has claimed that the state has not experienced any serious case of banditry, armed robbery, and...

How accurate are Omigbodun’s claims on poverty rate in Osun, Nigeria?

Insights
OYEGOKE Omigbodun, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate for the 2022 Osun state gubernatorial election, has claimed that Osun is one of the worst-hit...

Claim that INEC is conducting house-to-house voter’s registration in Northern Nigeria is FALSE

Elections
A VIRAL photo of a woman who appears to be undergoing biometric capturing in front of her residence has surfaced online with a claim...

Adobe releases new open-source tools to tackle visual misinformation

News
AMERICAN multinational computer software company, Adobe Inc., has released three new open-source tools intended to make it easier to verify the authenticity of visual...
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