COVID-19
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Will salt water gargling, nose rinsing wash COVID-19 away?
A man in a video that went viral prescribed a salt solution as a cure for COVID-19.
He said rinsing the nose and gargling salt...
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Can eating Bananas prevent COVID-19 infection?
A video has been circulating on multiple WhatsApp groups in Nigeria which claims that eating “a banana a day keeps the coronavirus away.” The...
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Do aspirin, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs cure COVID-19?
A CLAIM circulating on several WhatsApp groups in Nigeria says that aspirin, antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs are the best cures for COVID-19.
The claim started...
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Riding on WhatsApp, scam sites soar in wake of COVID-19
Troubling misinformation around COVID-19 and its vaccines hits Nigeria. The country also has to bother about cyber insecurity riding on the coattails of the...
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Old video on ‘fake lockdown news alert’ circulates online
LESS than 24 hours after the announcement of COVID-19 restrictions across the country by the Nigerian Government, a video of a former National Coordinator...
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No evidence mRNA COVID-19 vaccines reduce lifespan
AN Irish Professor and anti-vaccination advocate, claimed in a video circulated on WhatsApp, in Nigeria, that the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine can reduce the lifespan...
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Claims of COVID-19 vaccine turning people into vampire is FALSE
CHRISTOPHER OGHENEBRORIE Okotie, a Nigerian televangelist and the pastor of the Household of God Church International Ministries in a viral video claimed that taking...
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FG is NOT giving out COVID-19 ‘survival fund grant
A VIRAL post circulating on WhatsApp claims the Federal Government of Nigeria is giving out COVID-19 survival fund grant.
According to the broadcast message retrieved...
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Viral video claiming students ran from forced COVID-19 vaccination was shot in 2019
A video has been shared multiple times on social media alongside a claim that it shows students running away to avoid forced COVID-19 vaccination.
The...
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Did WHO disqualify Nigeria from global COVID-19 vaccine bid?
There are conversations online that the World Health Organisation (WHO) disqualified Nigeria from accessing the COVID-19 vaccine for her population.
This followed media reports of...
