#LagosRace2023: Fact-checking claims by candidates seeking to govern Nigeria’s economic capital
The current state governor was a no-show at the #ThePlatformNG debate, leaving three other candidates to outline their plans for Lagos.
The current state governor was a no-show at the #ThePlatformNG debate, leaving three other candidates to outline their plans for Lagos.
An outbreak of diphtheria has been confirmed in Nigeria. But what is diphtheria, and what leads to its spread?
An analysis by Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper said over 50% of the country’s people have been exposed to the Covid-19 virus and survived.
A leading national newspaper made several claims about Nigeria’s education sector. We took a closer look at six of them.
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...
Non-profit organisation Connected Development had many sitting right up with this startling claim about mortality in Africa’s most populous ...
Drug-resistant malaria could be a concern for Africa, an online report said, due to its outsized toll on children.
Africa’s most populous nation is experiencing an increase in cervical cancer cases because of the Covid-19 pandemic, said a prominent oncolo...
Highlighting the impact of gold mining, a researcher claimed that some villages in Zamfara had recorded lead poisoning among children
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