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Shehu Olayinka

6 min readMar 18, 2018

Shehu Olayinka — Olayinkashehu@gmail.com

Recent works

Kaduna military airstrike: How Nigerians Through Social Media Gaslighted Victims Account

Horror struck that day. Mallam Jabir Ibrahim had been called by villagers in Tudun Biri in the Igabi Local Government…

wikkitimes.com

Exclusive: How Rumor on Dogo Gide Death Started and the Enablers of Its Spread

This is not the first time Dogo Gide has been announced dead, but this time, the information was widely shared.

wikkitimes.com

How TikTok Account Shared Viral Misleading Video About Senegal President

days after Senegal presidential election, a video alleged to be of the eventual winner, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appeared…

wikkitimes.com

Misleading video of armed men stripping Nigerian students naked resurfaces online

A video showing armed men ordering female students to strip naked has resurfaced online, with a claim that the incident…

www.economypost.ng

Did Israel's prime minister promise to liberate black Africans?

A video appearing on TikTok has claimed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is saying that he will liberate black…

www.economypost.ng

Fact-Check: Did Nigerian soldiers escort gunmen to Plateau killings?

A Russian telegram channel Срочно, Сейчас (Urgent,Now), with more than 189,862 subscribers, claimed in a post on…

www.economypost.ng

Hardship: More Nigerians opt for loan sharks amid harassment, defamation | The ICIR- Latest News…

Nigeria's economic hardship is forcing Nigerians to patronise loan apps for quick cash despite reports of…

www.icirnigeria.org

The cost of getting kidnapped in Nigeria | The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections…

In recent years, Nigeria has seen a sharp increase in kidnappings. This has seen Nigerians pay billions of naira in…

www.icirnigeria.org

2023 election: Actors, methods and colouration of online disinformation | The ICIR- Latest News…

Nigeria held the first leg of the general election on February 25, and the second leg slated for March 11 was shifted…

www.icirnigeria.org

Does this letter show UK government investigating Alpha Beta?

A post circulating on social media shows a letter alleging that the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) is…

www.icirnigeria.org

With Buhari's time in office coming to an end, here's what to know about Nigeria's elections

With less than six months to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari's term in office, Nigerians will head to the polls…

icirnigeria.org

Buhari makes 16 foreign trips in 11 months - spends 28 days on medical trips

President Muhammadu Buhari has gone on sixteen trips out of the country since January 2022. Out of the sixteen trips he…

icirnigeria.org

From age, bagman to education: Bola Tinubu's many controversies | The ICIR

ONE of Nigeria's 2023 Presidential election front-runner Bola Ahmed Tinubu has presented himself as the candidate to…

www.icirnigeria.org

[Flood series] Mapping out those affected, lost to Nigerian devastating flooding | The ICIR

She had expected her community to be flooded this year, but the level of flooding had exceeded her expectations…

www.icirnigeria.org

Deconstructing Buhari's Democracy, Independence Day speeches, their reflection on state of economy…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has delivered his final Independence Day address to Nigerians. This year's address on June…

www.icirnigeria.org

[FACT-CHECK] Did US-funded labs in Nigeria lead to monkeypox outbreak? | The ICIR

The media space, especially social media platforms, was inundated with claims that the current spread of monkeypox was…

www.icirnigeria.org

FACT-CHECK: Is Nigeria better today than before 2015 as claimed by Buhari? | The ICIR

President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that he has performed better than his predecessors, particularly in the areas of…

www.icirnigeria.org

Data: How many mass school shootings have taken place in U.S. since 1999? | The ICIR

AN 18-year-old gunman, on May 24, 2022, stormed Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, fatally shooting 19 children…

www.icirnigeria.org

Buhari joins Trump, other world leaders whose tweets have been deleted by Twitter

ON June 2, Twitter deleted a post by Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari where he referred to the 1967-1970 Nigerian…

www.icirnigeria.org

Fact Check: Did Bishop Kukah praise separatist leader, Kanu, as man of truth? | International…

A story shared online claims that the current Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto Matthew Hassan Kukah…

www.icirnigeria.org

Fact Check: Did Late COAS say over his dead body would there be Biafran and Oduduwa nations? |…

A few hours after the death of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Ibrahim Attahiru in a military air crash in Kaduna, a viral…

www.icirnigeria.org

'How Pantami inciting sermon led to Sunday Achi's death', Former ATBU students | International…

A FORMER student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) has said Sunday Achi would have been alive if the…

www.icirnigeria.org

Image laundering: How Nigerian Twitter influencers, PR firm got involved with suspected money…

A report by Buzzfeed and the Digital Africa Research Lab (DigiAfricaLab) has exposed how some Nigerian Twitter…

www.icirnigeria.org

Dubai Properties: Buratai's wife, Jimoh Ibrahim and other prominent Nigerians who own properties in…

SOME of the prominent Nigerians found to have owned properties in Dubai, a city in United Arab Emirate (UAE), also…

www.icirnigeria.org

Fani-Kayode, Bello, Melaye and other conspiracy theorists spreading misinformation about COVID-19 |…

SINCE the outbreak of COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, there have been bogus and…

www.icirnigeria.org

Not True, Bill Gates did not suggest depopulation of Africa as claimed | International Centre for…

ROBERT O. Young, a US naturopathic practitioner, recently surfaced online in Africa, claiming that Microsoft founder…

www.icirnigeria.org

FACT-CHECK: Claim that warm water is effective in curing epilepsy, others is FALSE | International…

A VIRAL post on WhatsApp retrieved on August 16 claims that drinking warm water 'will resolve' many health conditions…

www.icirnigeria.org

FLASH BACK: Lai Mohammed's 360 degree change from critic to advocate of fuel subsidy removal |…

BEFORE the 2015 general elections, Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, then the National…

www.icirnigeria.org

FACT CHECK: Trending video alleging Somalia's president in fisticuffs with deputy is false |…

A TRENDING video posted on microblogging site, Twitter by Nana Kwame Ahoufe, a Ghanaian Television presenter that the…

www.icirnigeria.org

FACT-CHECK: Claim that Dubai banned Nigerians from entering the city due to alleged criminality is…

BLESSING Ramoba, a South African, in a Twitter message on July 10 made a claim that Dubai had banned Nigerians from…

www.icirnigeria.org

FACT CHECK: Does 5G pose a health risk to the human body? | International Centre for Investigative…

THE media space in Nigeria has been inundated with claims that the 5G technology which is a fifth-generation mobile…

www.icirnigeria.org

IVF: Female undergraduates now exchanging their reproductive eggs for money - The Nation Newspaper

As the practice of assisted reproduction technology continues to gain ground, with more Nigerians embracing the…

thenationonlineng.net

OOUTH Sagamu: A Teaching Hospital in a mess - The Nation Newspaper

In this report, Shehu Olayinka, visited the Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital and reports on the sorry state of the…

thenationonlineng.net

Revealed: New methods of examination malpractices - The Nation Newspaper

Public examinations in the country are being plagued by malpractices of various hues. In this report, Shehu Olayinka…

thenationonlineng.net

Makoko: Beyond fishing! - The Nation Nigeria

For Victoria Oga, life has always been challenging and hard. The 19 year-old girl dropped out of school at age nine…

thenationonlineng.net

Russia 2018: NFF, Tom Tom sign new three year deal (Video) - The Nation Nigeria

we are ready for Russia - Pinnick The Nigerian Football Federation and confectioneries, Cadbury PLC on Friday signed a…

thenationonlineng.net

Ajegunle: A city in motion

Ajegunle attained national fame as a ghetto where sports and music stars are made. SHEHU BELLO was in the popular AJ…

www.tribuneonlineng.com

Lagos street boys: How they live, survive

In this report, SHEHU BELLO writes that so many underaged children roam the streets of Lagos trying to survive in an…

www.tribuneonlineng.com

Carrying burden for money: World of Alabarus

Being a porter in the market could be a frustrating and tiring job, but most of those engaged in it have no option…

www.tribuneonlineng.com

Idumota: Money, chaos in the heart of Lagos

Doing business in the market should ordinarily be an exciting activity, but SHEHU BELLO who visited Idumota, one of the…

www.tribuneonlineng.com

https://tribuneonlineng.com/use-nollywood-stars-others-evade-arrest-yahoo-boys/

Portfolio

Kaduna military airstrike: How Nigerians Through Social Media Gaslighted Victims Account

Horror struck that day. Mallam Jabir Ibrahim had been called by villagers in Tudun Biri in the Igabi Local Government…

Exclusive: How Rumor on Dogo Gide Death Started and the Enablers of Its Spread

This is not the first time Dogo Gide has been announced dead, but this time, the information was widely shared.

How TikTok Account Shared Viral Misleading Video About Senegal President

days after Senegal presidential election, a video alleged to be of the eventual winner, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, appeared…

Misleading video of armed men stripping Nigerian students naked resurfaces online

A video showing armed men ordering female students to strip naked has resurfaced online, with a claim that the incident…

Did Israel's prime minister promise to liberate black Africans?

A video appearing on TikTok has claimed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is saying that he will liberate black…

Fact-Check: Did Nigerian soldiers escort gunmen to Plateau killings?

A Russian telegram channel Срочно, Сейчас (Urgent,Now), with more than 189,862 subscribers, claimed in a post on…

Hardship: More Nigerians opt for loan sharks amid harassment, defamation | The ICIR- Latest News…

Nigeria's economic hardship is forcing Nigerians to patronise loan apps for quick cash despite reports of…

The cost of getting kidnapped in Nigeria | The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections…

In recent years, Nigeria has seen a sharp increase in kidnappings. This has seen Nigerians pay billions of naira in…

2023 election: Actors, methods and colouration of online disinformation | The ICIR- Latest News…

Nigeria held the first leg of the general election on February 25, and the second leg slated for March 11 was shifted…

Does this letter show UK government investigating Alpha Beta?

A post circulating on social media shows a letter alleging that the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) is…

With Buhari's time in office coming to an end, here's what to know about Nigeria's elections

With less than six months to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari's term in office, Nigerians will head to the polls…

Buhari makes 16 foreign trips in 11 months - spends 28 days on medical trips

President Muhammadu Buhari has gone on sixteen trips out of the country since January 2022. Out of the sixteen trips he…

From age, bagman to education: Bola Tinubu's many controversies | The ICIR

ONE of Nigeria's 2023 Presidential election front-runner Bola Ahmed Tinubu has presented himself as the candidate to…

[Flood series] Mapping out those affected, lost to Nigerian devastating flooding | The ICIR

She had expected her community to be flooded this year, but the level of flooding had exceeded her expectations…

Deconstructing Buhari's Democracy, Independence Day speeches, their reflection on state of economy…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has delivered his final Independence Day address to Nigerians. This year's address on June…

[FACT-CHECK] Did US-funded labs in Nigeria lead to monkeypox outbreak? | The ICIR

The media space, especially social media platforms, was inundated with claims that the current spread of monkeypox was…

FACT-CHECK: Is Nigeria better today than before 2015 as claimed by Buhari? | The ICIR

President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that he has performed better than his predecessors, particularly in the areas of…

Data: How many mass school shootings have taken place in U.S. since 1999? | The ICIR

AN 18-year-old gunman, on May 24, 2022, stormed Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, fatally shooting 19 children…

Trending video showing a boy being tortured with electric current, not from Nigeria but Mali

THE scene in a video shared multiple times online, showing a boy being tortured with an electric current, was alleged…

Buhari joins Trump, other world leaders whose tweets have been deleted by Twitter

ON June 2, Twitter deleted a post by Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari where he referred to the 1967-1970 Nigerian…

Fact Check: Did Bishop Kukah praise separatist leader, Kanu, as man of truth? | International…

A story shared online claims that the current Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto Matthew Hassan Kukah…

Fact Check: Did Late COAS say over his dead body would there be Biafran and Oduduwa nations? |…

A few hours after the death of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Ibrahim Attahiru in a military air crash in Kaduna, a viral…

'How Pantami inciting sermon led to Sunday Achi's death', Former ATBU students | International…

A FORMER student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) has said Sunday Achi would have been alive if the…

Image laundering: How Nigerian Twitter influencers, PR firm got involved with suspected money…

A report by Buzzfeed and the Digital Africa Research Lab (DigiAfricaLab) has exposed how some Nigerian Twitter…

Dubai Properties: Buratai's wife, Jimoh Ibrahim and other prominent Nigerians who own properties in…

SOME of the prominent Nigerians found to have owned properties in Dubai, a city in United Arab Emirate (UAE), also…

Fani-Kayode, Bello, Melaye and other conspiracy theorists spreading misinformation about COVID-19 |…

SINCE the outbreak of COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, there have been bogus and…

Not True, Bill Gates did not suggest depopulation of Africa as claimed | International Centre for…

ROBERT O. Young, a US naturopathic practitioner, recently surfaced online in Africa, claiming that Microsoft founder…

FACT-CHECK: Claim that warm water is effective in curing epilepsy, others is FALSE | International…

A VIRAL post on WhatsApp retrieved on August 16 claims that drinking warm water 'will resolve' many health conditions…

FLASH BACK: Lai Mohammed's 360 degree change from critic to advocate of fuel subsidy removal |…

BEFORE the 2015 general elections, Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, then the National…

FACT CHECK: Trending video alleging Somalia's president in fisticuffs with deputy is false |…

A TRENDING video posted on microblogging site, Twitter by Nana Kwame Ahoufe, a Ghanaian Television presenter that the…

FACT-CHECK: Claim that Dubai banned Nigerians from entering the city due to alleged criminality is…

BLESSING Ramoba, a South African, in a Twitter message on July 10 made a claim that Dubai had banned Nigerians from…

FACT CHECK: Does 5G pose a health risk to the human body? | International Centre for Investigative…

THE media space in Nigeria has been inundated with claims that the 5G technology which is a fifth-generation mobile…

IVF: Female undergraduates now exchanging their reproductive eggs for money - The Nation Newspaper

As the practice of assisted reproduction technology continues to gain ground, with more Nigerians embracing the…

OOUTH Sagamu: A Teaching Hospital in a mess - The Nation Newspaper

In this report, Shehu Olayinka, visited the Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital and reports on the sorry state of the…

Revealed: New methods of examination malpractices - The Nation Newspaper

Public examinations in the country are being plagued by malpractices of various hues. In this report, Shehu Olayinka…

Makoko: Beyond fishing! - The Nation Nigeria

For Victoria Oga, life has always been challenging and hard. The 19 year-old girl dropped out of school at age nine…

Russia 2018: NFF, Tom Tom sign new three year deal (Video) - The Nation Nigeria

we are ready for Russia - Pinnick The Nigerian Football Federation and confectioneries, Cadbury PLC on Friday signed a…

Ajegunle: A city in motion

Ajegunle attained national fame as a ghetto where sports and music stars are made. SHEHU BELLO was in the popular AJ…

Lagos street boys: How they live, survive

In this report, SHEHU BELLO writes that so many underaged children roam the streets of Lagos trying to survive in an…

Carrying burden for money: World of Alabarus