Health

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True! Leprosy spreads through respiratory droplets and face masks help curb its spread

Lois Ugbede January 28, 2021

Claim: A viral meme claims that the bacteria that causes Leprosy is spread through airborne respiratory droplets...

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Does consumption of coconut trigger cough?

Atinuke Seun-Ige January 27, 2021

Claim: Twitter users claim that eating coconut causes coughing. It is not true. Well processed and channeled...

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Why Conspiracy Theories Can Be As Misleading As They Are Convincing

Kunle Adebajo January 25, 2021

The spread of the new coronavirus variant and the panic it has created have led to the...

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True! Disproportionate use of this ingredient in hair dye can make your head, face swell

Ifedayo Ogunyemi January 25, 2021

CLAIM 1: P-phenylenediamine (PPD) in hair dye causes head swelling. P-phenylenediamine causes irritation and head swelling. P-phenylenediamine...

Video claiming COVID-19 vaccines weaponised to depopulate the world, eliminate Africans false

Lois Ugbede January 22, 2021

Claim: A viral video clip claims vaccines are targeted at eliminating Africans. The claim that vaccines are...

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How true is claim that the new COVID-19 variant in Nigeria has shorter incubation period?

Lois Ugbede January 18, 2021

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims the incubation period of the new variant of COVID-19 in Nigeria...

Special ‘COVID Vaccine’ Not Made To Experiment On Africans

Kunle Adebajo January 18, 2021

Claim: Remdesivir has been restricted to vaccinate people in African countries in order to experiment on them...

Recirculated WhatsApp message makes spurious claims about COVID-19 – all false

Lois Ugbede January 14, 2021

Claim: A viral WhatsApp message claims the Italian Ministry of Health has discovered that COIVD-19 is not...

What you need to know about fake Covid-19 vaccines, fraudsters now on the prowl covid vaccine

What you need to know about fake Covid-19 vaccines, fraudsters now on the prowl

Silas Jonathan January 14, 2021

In December 2020, the United Nations announced that there are three COVID-19 vaccines for which certain national...

COVID-19: Questions on reinfection answered covid reinfection

COVID-19: Questions on reinfection answered

Atinuke Seun-Ige January 12, 2021

Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, experts have grappled with the question of whether a patient...

True! Leprosy spreads through respiratory droplets and face masks help curb its spread

Does consumption of coconut trigger cough?

Why Conspiracy Theories Can Be As Misleading As They Are Convincing

True! Disproportionate use of this ingredient in hair dye can make your head, face swell

Video claiming COVID-19 vaccines weaponised to depopulate the world, eliminate Africans false

How true is claim that the new COVID-19 variant in Nigeria has shorter incubation period?

Special ‘COVID Vaccine’ Not Made To Experiment On Africans

Recirculated WhatsApp message makes spurious claims about COVID-19 – all false

What you need to know about fake Covid-19 vaccines, fraudsters now on the prowl

COVID-19: Questions on reinfection answered

Economy

Viral ‘missile-like’ light seen in Sokoto, Kebbi, likely meteor activity

Video of terrorists flogging Christians, misleading

Liberia’s House of Representatives member expelled over Guinea border crisis comment

Footage of armed men linked to Sudan’s RSF are not Nigerian bandits