Health

No evidence mixture of kerosene and Insecticide kill head lice headlice kerosine treatment

No evidence mixture of kerosene and Insecticide kill head lice

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo August 24, 2021

Claim: Viral reports claimed home remedies such as insecticides, kerosene mixed with substances like camphor kill head...

Would drinking okra water in the morning treat your diabetes? okra water diabetes

Would drinking okra water in the morning treat your diabetes?

Funmilola Afolabi August 18, 2021

Claim: Drinking okra water first thing in the morning treats diabetes. The claim that drinking okra water...

Does eating food in plastic containers cause different types of cancer? plastic-cause-cancer

Does eating food in plastic containers cause different types of cancer?

Michael Olatunbosun August 17, 2021

Claim: A picture appeared recently on both WhatsApp and Facebook claiming that American Doctors Association gave out...

No evidence child’s severe skin condition caused by insect bite Swelling of the foot centipede bite,

No evidence child’s severe skin condition caused by insect bite

Dare Akogun August 17, 2021

Claim: Boy’s skin peeling off after he was bitten by insect There is no evidence the child...

True! Sucking pregnant woman’s breast makes baby’s breastfeeding easier after delivery

Funmilola Afolabi August 12, 2021

Claim: Sucking a pregnant woman’s breast prepares her for breastfeeding after delivery. The claim that sucking a...

Did The UN Issue Alert On Organ Trafficking As Viral Photo Claims? imageFake

Did The UN Issue Alert On Organ Trafficking As Viral Photo Claims?

Elizabeth Ogunbamowo August 10, 2021

Claim: A photo making the rounds on the social media shows an organ trafficking alert purportedly issued...

The dangers in mixing toilet cleaner with bleach bleach toilet cleaner

The dangers in mixing toilet cleaner with bleach

Faith Adeoye August 3, 2021

Few weeks ago, Eniola Oyemolade, a journalist, decided to get creative while cleaning, by mixing a toilet...

Does a combination of local gin, sugar and salt cure Cholera? hot-gin-and-sugar

Does a combination of local gin, sugar and salt cure Cholera?

Tope Omogbolagun August 2, 2021

Claim: A mixture of local gin, salt, and sugar cures cholera A mixture of local gin, salt...

What danger does sleeping with a phone under your pillow pose to you? EMF-Cell-Phone (1)

What danger does sleeping with a phone under your pillow pose to you?

Funmilola Afolabi July 24, 2021

Claim: Sleeping with one’s phone under the pillow is dangerous to one’s health. There is no medical...

Laptop radiation does not cause skin cancer but it can contribute to male infertility

Rahaman Abiola July 22, 2021

Claim: A Facebook user recently claimed that resting a laptop computer on the thigh or bare skin...

No evidence mixture of kerosene and Insecticide kill head lice

Would drinking okra water in the morning treat your diabetes?

Does eating food in plastic containers cause different types of cancer?

No evidence child’s severe skin condition caused by insect bite

True! Sucking pregnant woman’s breast makes baby’s breastfeeding easier after delivery

Did The UN Issue Alert On Organ Trafficking As Viral Photo Claims?

The dangers in mixing toilet cleaner with bleach

Does a combination of local gin, sugar and salt cure Cholera?

What danger does sleeping with a phone under your pillow pose to you?

Laptop radiation does not cause skin cancer but it can contribute to male infertility

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One nest at a time: The march to save The Gambia’s green turtles

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Bidiyon kungiyar ‘yan tawayen Amhara Fano na Ethiopia a ka yi amfani da shi wajen kwatanta matsalar tsaro a Najeriya

Bidiyon da aka nuna ‘yan ta’adda sun mamaye kasuwa a Zamfara yaudara ce