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Yusuf Akinpelu
Yusuf Akinpelu loves stories and he tells them for DUBAWA, having tested them against available facts. He is a graduate of Statistics from the University of Ibadan, where he won the 2019 Youth Digest Campus Journalism Award of the Best News Writer, and 2018 UCJUI Award for Campus Journalist of the year. Occasionally, he writes satires. He has interest in human rights and believes in the Nigerian Project.
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Education
TRUE – USA, Germany, France Have No Educational Qualification For Office Of President
Just like in the US and Germany, the level of education attained is not a yardstick to becoming the President of France. However, most of the presidents in these countries, especially in the last decade have been university graduates!
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Analysis
Post-Election Fact-checking Analysis #2: How Misinformation Shaped the 2019 Elections
We are still dealing with the aftermath of the election and trying to understand how misinformation spreads in Nigeria and effective ways to combat it. In the meantime, we urge Nigerians to always check before sharing and report suspicious messages to us! Check out how to contact us on our website!!
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Politics
Nigeria HAS NOT Won Over 700 Medals In The Last 3 year: Why The Sports Minister’s Claim Is Likely To Be False!
Although, there is no available public data to give the aggregate of the medals won by Nigeria in the last 3 years, “700 medals” is likely to be a very big overstatement. Nigeria did not win enough medals in any of the competitions it participated in to amass such a huge number of medals!
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Mainstream
YES, Nigeria is Africa’s Number One Rice Producer But…
While it is true that Nigeria is currently Africa’s foremost producer of rice, Nigeria didn’t attain this height because she increased her local rice production. Rather, Egypt which was Africa’s highest producer of rice, purposefully reduced her rice production due to the scarcity of water. Besides, Nigeria is still the world’s third highest importer of rice with 2.2 million metric tons — behind China (4.5 million metric tons) and Philippines (2.3 million metric tons)!
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Analysis
Looking Beyond The Headlines #1: Did The APC, In 2015, Promise To Equal One Dollar To One Naira?
So we may be correct to ask: if sacrificing undue traffic for telling the truth would avert the double trouble of misinformation which leads to wrong decision making, can there ever be a better sacrifice?
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Elections
Did Nigeria Get More Foreign Direct Investments Under PDP Than APC?
PDP administration holds the record of securing the highest FDI earnings (in 2011). However, while it is true that PDP was in power when Nigeria recorded her highest FDI in 20 years, that did not “always” happen. Also, in 2013, Nigeria was not the number one recipient of FDI in Africa under a PDP administration!
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Elections
Did A Report Show That Buhari Would Win The Election?
The President of Ballard Partners denies ever conducting a survey or publishing a report, and so does Claire, an employee at the firm. An in-depth look at the letter attached to the report also reveals inconsistencies that throw doubt on the credibility of the report.
