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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.

2023 polls: Seven ways to avoid election misinformation

Elections
THE impact of information disorder has begun to play out in the build-up to Nigeria's general election, holding in February and March this year....

2023 election: INEC disowns fake ad-hoc staff recruitment website

News
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a website advertising ad-hoc staff positions for the agency for the 2023 general election. It will be...

Image on branded bags of rice shows PDP chieftain not Peter Obi

Elections
A visual showing some packaged rice have surfaced online with a claim that it shows bags of rice branded with the People Democratic Party's...

Buhari, Obi, Tinubu, Atiku, Saraki, other leading Nigerian politicians fact-checked in 2022

Insights
2022 has been a tortuous year filled with several forms of inaccurate and misleading claims from politicians and most especially candidates for Nigeria's 2023...

Viral video does not show APC national chairman being stripped naked in Nasarawa

Politics
A viral video showing a man being assaulted has surfaced online with a claim that it shows the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress...

2023 polls: CDD unveils ‘war room’ to tackle political misinformation

News
THE Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has unveiled an election war room to tackle misinformation and fish out its purveyors ahead of Nigeria's...

Fact-checking Obi’s claims at ‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series

Elections
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Monday, November 21, 2022 made several claims on the situation of the country and...

Fact-checking Kwankwaso’s claims at ‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series

Elections
AHEAD of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, on Saturday made several claims...

Fact-checking Sowore’s claims at ‘The Candidates’ presidential town hall series

Elections
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, on Friday made several claims on the situation of the country and his plans...

False claim circulates that Didier Drogba has converted to Islam

General
AN image showing a retired professional Ivorian footballer, Didier Drogba, raising his hands has circulated online with a claim that the footballer has converted...
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