
Bello Olayinka Shehu
Reporter, Fact Checker, Social Media Manager, SEO Expert at The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR)
Data journalist, researcher specialising in investigating disinformation and digital manipulation. Prior with @TheICIR & The Nation. [email protected]
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Apr 12, 2024 |
olayinkashehu.medium.com | Bello Olayinka Shehu
By Shehu OlayinkaTwo days after the Senegal presidential election, a video alleged to be of the eventual winner, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appeared online, berating France. The video, which went viral, has been shared by multiple accounts with different captions. In one instance, the caption in the video read, “France to leave Senegal… The young Senegal President’s speech.”“It is high time for France to lift its knees off our necks and put an end to this unjust oppression.
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Mar 31, 2024 |
olayinkashehu.medium.com | Bello Olayinka Shehu
By Shehu OlayinkaFollowing a report published by The Cable Newspaper that revealed how the National Identity Management Commission’s (NIMC) unethically breached Nigerians’ data on an unauthorised website, XpressVerify, on March 18, 2024, it became the target of an online suppression campaign to delegitimize it.
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The claim made by this account that @mudashiru_obasa said in this video whether the person is a criminial or not is misleading. In reality, a more accurate translation of his words from Yoruba to English is, "Whether the person is good or bad, the party has already decided.”

"Any candidate that APC presents, either the person is a CRIMINAL or not, once APC has chosen to present the person as Candidate, you have no choice unless you are ready to leave the party"- Mudashiru Obasa Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker. https://t.co/ibBlauEkso

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