Nigeria has 100 million generators in private hands.
Source: 702 radio host Bongani Bingwa (March 2019)
While electricity supply is erratic, there is no data on generator ownership in Nigeria.
77% of Nigerian women use skin lighteners
Source: International media reports
No data supports claim
Nigeria has 11 million stunted children
Source: ThisDay newspaper (February 2019)
Population data in Nigeria is uncertain
Does South Africa spend five times more on healthcare per person than Nigeria? Does one doctor serve 16,000 Kenyans? We’ve put together some startling facts from our work on the continent.
How many people in the region don’t have safe water? Do Cape Town residents use it mainly for their pools and gardens? Do well-off Nairobians pay less for their water?
12 million jobs created in Nigeria’s rice production industry.
Source: Lauretta Onochie, aide to President Muhammadu Buhari (February 2019)
No data exists to support the claim.
81.8% of women in Nigeria wear wigs every day.
Source: News Agency of Nigeria survey (January 2019)
The survey sample was not broad enough to apply to all Nigerian women.
20 claims by Lagos governor hopefuls checked
Source: Debates organised by City that Works Alliance
A range of verdicts ranging from misleading to unproven and correct
As the world marks International Women’s Day, we dug up notable facts gleaned from our work in fact-checking.
Eight claims by Nigeria's leading candidates for the presidency.
Source: Televised town hall meetings
A range of verdicts ranging from correct and incorrect to unproven.