A REPORT alluding that a newborn baby was born holding the mother’s intrauterine device, IUD, has gone viral on the social media. Aside the social media, different variations of the report alluding that the child came out of the womb …
A MESSAGE with the headline “7 biggest brain-damaging habits”, attributed to the World Health Organisation (WHO), has been trending on social media. This message has gone viral on WhatsApp and other social media like Pinterest. A variation of the message on …
A viral voice note on WhatsApp last June claimed that Access Bank in Onne, Rivers State has been shut down due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. The voice note, made by an unidentified person, was later shared on Instagram by …
A VIRAL post on WhatsApp claimed that the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) admits not less than 500 COVID-19 patients on a daily basis. The report has been circulating on various WhatsApp group in Nigeria for days. The claims “The …
By ‘Kunle Adebajo On Sunday, April 19, two days after the death of Nigeria’s former Chief of Staff Abba Kyari was announced, a Twitter user claimed, among other things, that prior to his death, Kyari was flown to the United …
By ‘Kunle ADEBAJO A 20-year-old hoax suggesting that staring at female breasts has the effect of promoting longevity in men has been circulated by the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the government-controlled news wire service. Other media houses also fell for …
By ‘Kunle ADEBAJO. NIGERIA’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said there is nothing worrisome about the population of doctors in the country as there are in fact more doctors than are needed. But is he right? Speaking on Wednesday on Sunrise …
On Sunday, Isaac Adewole, Minister of Health, said the Federal Government never promised to revitalise 10,000 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) across the country. While saying this on Sunday, he explained that what the FG said was that it would love to see …