Lois Ugbede

No scientific proof Agbalumo cures morning sickness in pregnant women

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No scientific proof Agbalumo cures morning sickness in pregnant women

Lois Ugbede March 31, 2021 0

Claim: A Twitter post claims Agbalumo (African Star fruit/apple) helps with morning sickness. While Agbalumo helps some...

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WHO Response Alliance launches Viral Fact to counter COVID-19 misinformation

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WHO Response Alliance launches Viral Fact to counter COVID-19 misinformation

Lois Ugbede March 30, 2021 0

The World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA) officially launches its social media arm known...

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Is it true Nigeria’s Customs Service has not recruited in the past 17 years?

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Is it true Nigeria’s Customs Service has not recruited in the past 17 years?

Lois Ugbede March 26, 2021 0

Claim: A report from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), picked by some media outlets,  claims the Controller...

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NAFDAC did not declare AstraZeneca ‘no side effects’ vaccine

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NAFDAC did not declare AstraZeneca ‘no side effects’ vaccine

Lois Ugbede March 25, 2021 0

Claim: A report from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported by Cable Nigeria claims that NAFDAC...

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COVID-19: At resumption, Nigerian universities pledged to keep students safe, how have they kept this promise?

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COVID-19: At resumption, Nigerian universities pledged to keep students safe, how have they kept this promise?

Silas Jonathan, Lois Ugbede, Lateef Sanni March 24, 2021 0

Ten months after they were forced to go home from March 2020 by the Covid-19 pandemic and...

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Trump to return to social media with own platform

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Trump to return to social media with own platform

Lois Ugbede March 22, 2021 0

The former President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, is planning to return to social media...

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Nigerian Ex-lawmaker makes spurious claims about Astrazeneca vaccine, mostly false

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Nigerian Ex-lawmaker makes spurious claims about Astrazeneca vaccine, mostly false

Lois Ugbede March 13, 2021 3

Claim: Senator Dino Melaye in a video shared on Instagram made spurious claims about the AstraZeneca vaccine...

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A post on USSD codes to lock bank accounts went viral recently – we checked if they are functional

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A post on USSD codes to lock bank accounts went viral recently – we checked if they are functional

Lois Ugbede March 12, 2021 0

Claim: A Twitter thread claims the use of emergency codes by banks and SIM locking protects your...

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All you need to know about E-registration for COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria

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All you need to know about E-registration for COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria

Lois Ugbede March 2, 2021 0

The global pandemic which broke out in Wuhan China in December 2019 has on March 1, 2021,...

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How true is claim a woman in Nigeria cannot adopt a child without the guarantee of a man?

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How true is claim a woman in Nigeria cannot adopt a child without the guarantee of a man?

Lois Ugbede March 1, 2021 0

Claim: A Twitter post claims women in Nigeria cannot adopt a child without the guarantee or approval...

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