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FALSE! FGM has profound health implications for women and girls

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FALSE! FGM has profound health implications for women and girls

Nelson Manneh April 24, 2024 0

Claim: A religious leader in The Gambia, Imam Abdoulie Fatty, asserted that female genital mutilation (FGM) has...

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Misleading! Neem plants do not work as contraceptives for unwanted pregnancy

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Misleading! Neem plants do not work as contraceptives for unwanted pregnancy

Lilian Adaora Udodi April 24, 2024 0

Claim: A Facebook posted that neem plant extract can serve as a form of contraceptive for unwanted...

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Can Vaseline cause breast cancer, as posited by X user?

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Can Vaseline cause breast cancer, as posited by X user?

Funmilayo Babatunde April 22, 2024 0

Claim: An X user posited that Vaseline contains chemicals that cause breast cancer, age skin quickly and...

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Can onion juice cure baldness, as posited by X user?

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Can onion juice cure baldness, as posited by X user?

Lademi Aborisade April 19, 2024 0

Claim:  Onion can be used to grow hair for bald people. Verdict: MISLEADING. Studies have shown that...

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Kalubale da mata ke fuskanta masu alaka da lafiyarsu

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Kalubale da mata ke fuskanta masu alaka da lafiyarsu

Lademi Aborisade April 17, 2024 0

Cikakken Sakon Wata na tuni da mata a da ake bikinsa a kasashe da dama na duniya...

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Facebook user’s remedy for managing miscarriages, spotting during pregnancy, false!

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Facebook user’s remedy for managing miscarriages, spotting during pregnancy, false!

Lilian Adaora Udodi April 15, 2024 0

Claim: A Facebook user recently alleged in a post that tender guava leaves are a remedy for...

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Viral post claims drinking cold drinks after eating mango leads to death, false

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Viral post claims drinking cold drinks after eating mango leads to death, false

Saheed Ibrahim April 15, 2024 1

Claim: Multiple posts on social media allege that drinking cold drinks after eating mango can cause instant...

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Kò sí ẹ̀rí tó dájú pé akọ aláǹgbá le wo ikó-ife

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Kò sí ẹ̀rí tó dájú pé akọ aláǹgbá le wo ikó-ife

Táíwó Adẹ́yemí April 15, 2024 0

Àhẹ̀sọ: Ẹnìkan tó dá sí  ètò rédìò kan ṣọ pé jíjẹ akọ aláǹgbá le wo àrùn ikọ́-ife. ...

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X user’s claim hemorrhagic fever killed student in Kogi, false

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X user’s claim hemorrhagic fever killed student in Kogi, false

Juliet Buna April 11, 2024 0

Claim: Hemorrhagic fever kills students in Kogi State. Verdict: FALSE! DUBAWA’s finding reveals that the student did...

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Facebook user’s claim about consuming concoctions to birth twin boys, false!

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Facebook user’s claim about consuming concoctions to birth twin boys, false!

Lilian Adaora Udodi April 10, 2024 0

Claim: A Facebook page shared a video that consuming a homemade concoction would lead to the conception...

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