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No, your life insurance is not ‘null and void’ if you get a Covid-19 vaccine
Experts say recent claims that getting the Covid vaccine will render your life insurance policy invalid are false and scaremongering.
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Murder, VIPs and theft: Fact-checking five claims by Gun Owners South Africa
A proposal to amend South Africa’s gun laws could remove self-defence as a valid reason to own a firearm. Gun Owners South Africa made a num...
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Is Nigeria’s central bank governor on the money about health insurance and out-of-pocket payments?
Godwin Emefiele made claims about the low access to healthcare in Africa’s most populous country. Do his claims check out?
Do ‘over a million’ Africans die in road accidents each year? No, global figure
In a widely listened-to podcast, the BBC made the startling claim that more than a million Africans die each year on the continent’s roads. ...
Is well-known Nigerian doctor correct about malnutrition in women and children?
Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, medical doctor and first lady of Lagos, wants the state to be healthier. But do her claims about the extent of poor nu...
Russian and Chinese Covid-19 jabs better? South Africa’s EFF wrong to compare vaccines
After South Africa suspended the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the Economic Freedom Fighters urged “better” jab options. But there really is no...
Top official gets it wrong: Kenya nowhere near seventh in world for Covid-19 vaccination
Chief administrative secretary Mercy Mwangangi cut an elated figure when she compared Kenya’s vaccination progress to other countries. But t...
As Twitter opts for Ghana office, Nigeria’s top political parties cast the blame. But did they get it right?
A country spurned or much ado about nothing? The ruling APC and the opposition PDP clashed over the US social media firm’s choice for its fi...
No, more than 99% of Nigerian children under 5 don’t die every year
Non-profit organisation Connected Development had many sitting right up with this startling claim about mortality in Africa’s most populous ...
Are there less than 300 ICU beds in Kenya? Available data shows more
Alfred Mutua, the governor of the country’s Machakos county, had a warning about Covid-19 hospitalisations. But his numbers were off. Expert...
Nairobi’s Covid-19 positive cases tie Kenyan president, health ministry and major media house in knots
In a random sample of five people in the capital, three are likely to be positive, said Uhuru Kenyatta. We took a closer look at this claim.
No, Kenya’s debt not at ‘100% of GDP’ as economist claimed
Kenya’s debt “is at about 100% of GDP”, a Nairobi-based economist told South African TV. But the most recent data shows he was ahead of his ...