HomeCOVID-19
COVID-19
From rejection to advocacy: How religious clerics helped to drive high COVID-19 vaccination in Kano
The nationally-promoted COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Kano had initially suffered a setback due to an ugly experience with a failed Pfizer vaccine trial in...
COVID-19
Are hand sanitisers flammable?
A surveillance footage shows a man who had drenched his hair and bare body with hand sanitisers bursting into flames seconds after being tased...
COVID-19
76th UNGA: Checking Buhari’s claims on COVID-19
The President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) made numerous claims about the progress and...
COVID-19
Nigeria’s ‘Double Pandemic’ and Boko Haram’s Response to COVID-19
THE Boko Haram (Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād) insurgency has been on for over 12 years. During this time, it has not only transcended...
COVID-19
WHO did NOT rank Nigeria 4th best in COVID-19 response
Many media reports claimed that the World Health Organization (WHO) has ranked Nigeria as the 4th best in COVID-19 response.
These media reports which are...
COVID-19
COVID-19: Claims about transmission via water, vaccine death toll fact-checked
AS the world battle ongoing concerns around COVID-19 vaccine safety, side effects, vaccine hesitancy and refusal, a Twitter user posted that reports related to...
COVID-19
Niprimune is not a treatment, cure for COVID-19
A report published in June 2021 states that the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD) has developed Niprimune for COVID-19 treatment.
The report...
COVID-19
COVID19 vaccination does not make recipient body to be magnetic
Multiple claims around COVID-19 vaccinations have emerged since the World Health Organisation (WHO) approved some vaccines for it prevention, one of such claims circulating in...
COVID-19
Can neem, bitter leaves, Tagiri, others prevent, cure COVID-19?
TWO videos tweeted by one of the first-class traditional rulers in Nigeria claimed that a combination of African herbs, roots and leaves was the...
COVID-19
Do raw onions, garlic cure COVID-19?
A viral video shared on multiple social media platforms, including WhatsApp groups in Nigeria, claimed that the consumption of raw onions and garlic was...