Health

No scientific proof Agbalumo cures morning sickness in pregnant women

Lois Ugbede March 31, 2021

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

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Ewedu as a ‘one-size-fits-all’ herbal remedy

Lateef Sanni March 29, 2021

Since the novel coronavirus hit Nigeria February 2021, there has been an abundance of information regarding how...

NAFDAC did not declare AstraZeneca ‘no side effects’ vaccine

Lois Ugbede March 25, 2021

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

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

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

Lois Ugbede March 13, 2021

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

COVID-19: Nine things to know about vaccine that recently arrived Nigeria

Nike Adebowale, Ebuka Onyeji March 3, 2021

Nigeria is one of 92 countries that will receive the free Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccines through COVAX.

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

Lois Ugbede March 2, 2021

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

Twitter user claims acids in vagina causes lighter patches on underwear – We fact-checked underpants-on-clothes-line

Twitter user claims acids in vagina causes lighter patches on underwear – We fact-checked

Lois Ugbede March 1, 2021

Claim: Twitter post claims the vagina is acidic and has a pH between 3.8 to 4.5 It...

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How true is this claim that Israel has invented inhaler that can cure COVID-19 within 5 days?

Silas Jonathan February 18, 2021

Claim: A certain news report claims Israel has invented an inhaler that can cure COVID-19 within just...

How true is claim COVID-19 virus gets neutralised by human breast milk?

Lois Ugbede February 15, 2021

Claim: A Twitter post shared on Facebook claims breast milk neutralises the virus (SARs-CoV-2) causing COVID-19. It...

WHO did not disqualify Nigeria from receiving COVID-19 vaccines as claimed by opposition

Silas Jonathan February 11, 2021

Claim: PDP claims Nigeria is disqualified by WHO from the list of nations to receive the COVID-19...

No scientific proof Agbalumo cures morning sickness in pregnant women

Ewedu as a ‘one-size-fits-all’ herbal remedy

NAFDAC did not declare AstraZeneca ‘no side effects’ vaccine

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

COVID-19: Nine things to know about vaccine that recently arrived Nigeria

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

Twitter user claims acids in vagina causes lighter patches on underwear – We fact-checked

How true is this claim that Israel has invented inhaler that can cure COVID-19 within 5 days?

How true is claim COVID-19 virus gets neutralised by human breast milk?

WHO did not disqualify Nigeria from receiving COVID-19 vaccines as claimed by opposition

Economy

Weekly round-up: Claims on Niger state, Peter Obi, Lagos flood, others top claims verified last week

Viral video of bandits cooking human flesh, misleading

Did Federal High Court reject bid to remove Arabic inscription from Nigerian Army logo?

Did PDP endorse Tinubu for second term?