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The Business cost of misinformation in Nigeria

Insights Nurudeen Akewushola -
ON 30 August 2026, a post began circulating on X claiming that OPay, one of Nigeria’s major fintech companies, was about to shut down...

No, Peter Obi did not steal another person’s photo from Berlin roundtable

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
FOLLOWING his participation in a roundtable session organised by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) in Berlin on July 13, presidential candidate of...

Nigeria’s population distribution across religious lines

Insights Fatimah Quadri -
ON Monday, November 3, 2025, the Presidency, via its official X account, posted a series of infographics showing the distribution of religious affiliations in...

Video does not show worshippers waiting for rapture in South Africa

General Fatimah Quadri -
A claim that a group of people went to a mountain expecting the rapture, but later returned home disappointed, has been circulating online. The claim,...

Viral photos of children ‘hospitalised’ after eating Ewedu and Amala are misleading

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
IMAGES showing three children seated in front of plates of food have been shared online with claims they depict Nigerian children hospitalised after eating...

Video from Ghana by-election wrongly shared as Edo shooting incident

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
Facebook user, Agozi Commedy posted a video with a claim that a police officer shot a bus driver in Edo State, Nigeria over a...

Video does NOT show demolition of Igbo shops in Ghana

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
An X user, Arewa Lukurawa (@lukurawa16703), has posted a video showing a group of youths demolishing shops, with a claim that the shops belong...

Video does not show recent gunmen attack in Nigeria’s Southeast

Security Nurudeen Akewushola -
A video showing vehicles engulfed by fire has resurfaced online with a claim that it shows vehicles conveying Nigerian policemen being set ablaze recently...

58 per cent of American citizens fooled by AI-generated misinformation – Report

News Nurudeen Akewushola -
A recent survey has revealed that 58 per cent of adults in the United States have been deceived by misinformation generated by Artificial Intelligence...

Charly Boy shares old video of warehouse looting amid ‘End Bad Governance’ protests

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
NIGERIAN musician, Charles Oputa, has posted a video allegedly showing the recent looting of a warehouse amid the ongoing nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria. Popularly...
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