Health

Eating raw crayfish is harmful to health and will not make you swim better

Elfredah Kevin-Alerechi December 1, 2020

Claim: A WhatsApp message has claimed that eating crayfish fresh can make an individual, who does not...

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Misleading meme claims passing gas makes one live longer, prevent diseases

Lois Ugbede November 29, 2020

CLAIM: A viral meme claims a British study shows passing gas may help one live longer. Misleading....

Some people believe sleeping under insecticide treated bed net is harmful but how true is this?

Atinuke Seun-Ige October 29, 2020

Claim: Several people believe that sleeping under a mosquito bed net treated with insecticide (or not treated)...

Is it true that prolonged exposure to the sun can cause Malaria? exposure to sun

Is it true that prolonged exposure to the sun can cause Malaria?

Atinuke Seun-Ige October 24, 2020

Claim: According to a study undertaken in 30 locations by the Côte d’Ivoire Red Cross in December...

Cure Myths and False Ratings Lead COVID-19 Fact-Checks in Nigeria, With Governments as Most Targeted Entities corona_fact_check_social_media

Cure Myths and False Ratings Lead COVID-19 Fact-Checks in Nigeria, With Governments as Most Targeted Entities

Raheemat Adeniran October 12, 2020

Executive Summary In this piece, we examined 203 coronavirus-related fact-checks published by Dubawa and Africa Check since...

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League Of COVID-19 skeptics: Trump’s positive result completes the quorum

Silas Jonathan October 5, 2020

The world woke up on Friday 2nd October 2020 to the biggest news of the Covid era...

Does groundnut cause pimples as sometimes claimed? pimples

Does groundnut cause pimples as sometimes claimed?

Atinuke Seun-Ige October 2, 2020

Groundnuts, very rich in protein and oil are also rich in the vitamins niacin, folate, pantothenic acid,...

The use of ‘Air Doctor’ virus blockers as protection against COVID-19, how effective are they?

Alao Abiodun October 2, 2020

Of recent, many notable personalities and political figures around the world go about their respective public functions...

Did Guinea Bissau President beat up a minister for squandering COVID-19 funds?

Lois Ugbede September 30, 2020

A viral video claims the president of Guinea Bissau beat up a minister for Squandering COVID-19 funds....

Evaluating the claim that Nigeria performed poorly in SDGs in the past five years

Arit Effanga September 29, 2020

Mr. Michael Ale, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Development Nigeria said at a forum organised by...

Eating raw crayfish is harmful to health and will not make you swim better

Misleading meme claims passing gas makes one live longer, prevent diseases

Some people believe sleeping under insecticide treated bed net is harmful but how true is this?

Is it true that prolonged exposure to the sun can cause Malaria?

Cure Myths and False Ratings Lead COVID-19 Fact-Checks in Nigeria, With Governments as Most Targeted Entities

League Of COVID-19 skeptics: Trump’s positive result completes the quorum

Does groundnut cause pimples as sometimes claimed?

The use of ‘Air Doctor’ virus blockers as protection against COVID-19, how effective are they?

Did Guinea Bissau President beat up a minister for squandering COVID-19 funds?

Evaluating the claim that Nigeria performed poorly in SDGs in the past five years

Economy

Viral video of “persecuted Christians” in Nigeria, misleading

FALSE! Ivory Coast’s president did not comment on Nigeria’s security

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

Video of terrorists flogging Christians, misleading