Shehu Olayinka

Olayinka works with The ICIR as the Social Media Manager, Reporter and Fact-checker. You can shoot him an email via [email protected]. You can as well follow him on Twitter via @BelloYinka72

House of Reps clash over who should investigate CBN’s alleged N16trn non-remittance

THE House of Representatives on Wednesday descended into a rowdy session as lawmakers exchanged...

Nigerian govt suspends 15% import duty on petrol as citizens heave a sigh of relief

THE Nigerian government will no longer implement the 15 percent import duty on petroleum...
- Advertisement -The Ultimate Managed Hosting Platform

How Meta, Google Ads enable unlicensed health product campaigns exploiting Africans online (III)

A Nigerian-born, US-based professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the...

From cure to con: How Africans seeking diabetes remedy are exploited on Facebook (II)

The Facebook GlucoPro groups operate like an informal health marketplace. Seete, the South African...
- Advertisement -The Ultimate Managed Hosting Platform

From cure to con: How Africans seeking diabetes remedy are exploited on Facebook (I)

It began with a 2023 Facebook post claiming to offer a cure for diabetes....

Inside the coup that never happened: How social media fuelled false claims in Côte d’Ivoire

Despite the lack of any proof of a coup or disturbance on the ground,...
- Advertisement -The Ultimate Managed Hosting Platform

Unlicensed investment platforms target Nigerians on Facebook, Instagram with AI-generated content and Meta Ads

A sophisticated unlicensed investment platform campaign is currently targeting Nigerians through Facebook and Instagram,...

From economic protests to coup agitation: How Nigeria’s hunger protest took a radical turn

Cloudflare Turnstile A protest intended to express public dissatisfaction with the way the Nigerian government...
- Advertisement -The Ultimate Managed Hosting Platform
The Ultimate Managed Hosting Platform

Recent

Load WordPress Sites in as fast as 37ms!