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Bello Olayinka Shehu
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Reporter, Fact Checker, Social Media Manager, SEO Expert, The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR)
Abuja, Lagos, Nigeria
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Biography
Shehu Olayinka is a journalist and researcher specialising in data and investigating disinformation and digital threats. Prior with @TheICIR, The Nation, and the Nigerian Tribune newspapers. He has been a journalist for five years.
Politics, sports, startups, finance
Content
By Bello Olayinka Shehu Verified| Medium@ 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.
Report reveals how NIMC policy led to data breaches, but these X influencers executed campaign to delegitimize it
By Bello Olayinka Shehu Verified| Medium@ 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.
By Bello Olayinka Shehu Verified| The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) Verified A NON-governmental organisation, the Anti-Corruption Agencies of Nigeria, has disclosed that every year in Nigeria, almost $18 billion is lost to Illicit Financial Crimes like bribery, Internet fraud and non-payment of taxes. It also said each Nigerian loses the equivalent of N35,000 yearly because of financial crimes. This money, according to the group, could be used to build roads, establish world-class health and education systems and create jobs for Nigerians.
Company Info
The International Center for Investigative Reporting (ICIR)