Fact-checking Nigeria's health ministry's claim of progress on female genital mutilation
The ministry claims that Nigeria accounts for about a third of the 200 million girls and women affected worldwide. We looked at the figures.
Fact-checking Nigerian minister's claims about health spending and vaccine effectiveness
Junior health minister Tunji Alausa touts the progress the country's new government has made since taking office. We looked at four claims.
Nigeria’s youth unemployment rate at 53.4%? Cryptocurrency firm goes wrong
According to Pioneers, one in two Nigerian youths is unemployed. But the company mangled the claim by using outdated sources.
Does Nigeria have world’s highest unemployment rate? Several newspapers quote unreliable social media source
In August, a spate of media reports brought bad news for Nigerians – that they now had the highest unemployment rate in the world.
4 questions answered about the testing of instant noodles by the Nigerian Food and Drug Administration after Asia scare
Nigerians eat billions of servings of noodles. So a scare in Asia is causing alarm locally, with officials set to carry out tests.
What experts say about five popular ginger ‘cures’ (Hint: they won’t treat malaria or clean your liver)
In 2021, we fact-checked dozens of claims that certain herbal mixtures could cure a range of diseases.