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Despite UNICEF’s endorsement as Nigeria’s only open defecation-free state, Jigawa struggles with human faeces

By Sunday Awosoro. NOTE: This story contains distressing images. Viewer discretion is advised.   Wakili Abdu, 63, returned from his farm at sunset in Sabon-Gida, looking uneasy....

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

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...

Lists of shortlisted candidates for NPC birth registration exercise in circulation is FALSE!

An online blog, NYSCINFO, on July 15, 2023 published multiple lists of candidates shortlisted for the National Population Commission's (NPC) birth registration ad-hoc staff...

Myths, disinformation threaten immunisation in Nigeria – UNICEF

THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has identified disinformation, misinformation, myths and rumours as parts of the major factors responsible for poor immunisation uptake...

Are 90 million Nigerians living in extreme poverty?

 A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, said that 90 million Nigerians live in extreme poverty. The claim was...

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No, Shettima has not moved out of official residence over secret CCTV installation

A claim has circulated online that Nigeria's Vice President,...

No, this is not N’Golo Kanté with his wife, child

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No! BlackBerry has not launched a new phone

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No, Shettima has not moved out of official residence over secret CCTV installation

A claim has circulated online that Nigeria's Vice President,...

No, this is not N’Golo Kanté with his wife, child

AN image showing a French footballer, Ngolo Kante and...

No! BlackBerry has not launched a new phone

AN X user, @fonyokapondoka, has claimed that Blackberry has...