Opeyemi Kehinde

2 months ago | factcheckhub.com | Nurudeen Akewushola |Opeyemi Kehinde

An X user, @xagreat, has claimed that no civil servant in Nigeria has received the new national minimum wage since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government made the promise in May 2024. Recall that the Nigerian minister of State Labour, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, had on behalf of the federal government disclosed this on May 1, 2024 while addressing Nigerian workers at the May Day celebration in Abuja. The X post read:“The New Minimum Wage Will Take Effect From Today, May 1, 2024 — Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

2 months ago | factcheckhub.com | Harrison Edeh |Opeyemi Kehinde

DESPITE many motorists expressing concerns about poor awareness campaigns, the Nigerian Police Force across the Federation has announced the commencement and enforcement of the mandatory minimum of Third-Party vehicle insurance from February 1, 2025. The enforcement complies with the directive of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, as motorists without valid third-party insurance have been advised to comply or face sanctions.

2 months ago | factcheckhub.com | Clara Jiménez Cruz |Opeyemi Kehinde

Joel Kaplan, Zuckerberg’s second in command at Meta, has recently said that community notes will launch “elsewhere” in 2026, including the EU. This is the first time Meta all but acknowledges they will be ending their collaboration with fact-checkers in the near future around the world, after Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement of “getting rid” of fact-checkers in the US and his accusations of censorship, which had a devastating first effect: massive harassment to fact-checkers worldwide.

Jan 6, 2025 | icirnigeria.org | Nurudeen Akewushola |Opeyemi Kehinde

Disinformation has long plagued Nigeria’s information landscape, influencing public perception, deepening social divides, and undermining trust in both public and private institutions. Its effects have been far-reaching, ranging from vaccine hesitancy fueled by vaccine hoaxes to election-related disinformation that erodes confidence in democracy among others.

Nov 14, 2024 | factcheckhub.com | Muritala abdullahi |Opeyemi Kehinde

The Nigerian Fact-checkers’ Coalition (NFC) has opened its Election Situation Rooms to monitor and tackle misinformation and disinformation in Saturday’s Ondo State Governorship Election. A statement signed by the NFC Coordinator, Opeyemi Kehinde, on Wednesday in Abuja noted that the coalition’s situation rooms in Abuja and Lagos will respond rapidly to monitor and debunk false information spreading about the election, especially on online platforms.