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Claim that there is no solar infrastructure in some Nigerian teaching hospitals is FALSE

Health Fatimah Quadri -
A claim has been circulating on social media, particularly on X, alleging that some major teaching hospitals in Nigeria lack solar infrastructure. The hospitals mentioned...

Fact-checking Peter Obi’s claims on Arise TV’s prime time show

General Fatimah Quadri -
THE Labour Party presidential candidate in Nigeria's 2023 election, Peter Obi, appeared on Arise Television's Prime Time on April 1, 2025,  where he spoke...

Fact-checking Ajayi’s claims at the Ondo 2024 gubernatorial debate

Elections Fatimah Quadri -
AT a debate organised by Channels TV on Sunday, November 3, 2024, the two leading Ondo State gubernatorial candidates spoke about their plans for...

Image showing Tinubu on sickbed is doctored!

Health Fatimah Quadri -
A Facebook user, Sokoto Birni has shared an image that shows the Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, lying down on a sickbed in a...

False claim that Nigeria has the second-largest burden of HIV infection globally circulates online

Health Salako EMMANUEL -
AN X user, @Osi_Suave, has claimed that Nigeria has the second-largest burden of HIV infections in the world, adding that the West African nation...

‘Hunger’ protests: Fact-checking Tinubu’s nationwide broadcast to Nigerians

General Nurudeen Akewushola -
FOLLOWING the nationwide protests rocking Nigeria over economic hardship, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu addressed citizens in the early hours of Sunday, August 4, 2024. Since...

Does placing banana peels on forehead relieve headache?

Health Blessing Amala Muonwe -
A claim that placing banana peels on human's forehead relieves headache has surfaced online. The claim, posted by an X user, @Nig_Farmer, stated that humans...

How true is that claim that washing wounds from dog bite with soap and water is effective against rabies?

Health Opeyemi Kehinde -
On December 8, 2023, in response to a post by an X user @fzywa that warns people to avoid dogs due to the fatality of...

Does ‘Kush’ cause swollen limbs and sores?

Health Opeyemi Kehinde -
A claim circulating online and offline among Sierra Leoneans says that smoking a type of Cannabis popularly called 'Kush' in local parlance leads to...

Are HIV+ persons barred from migrating to Canada, Australia or UAE?

Health Opeyemi Kehinde -
There have been arguments on the X app after a post, warning against the harms of the HIV disease, stated that being positive could...
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