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.
The ministry claims that Nigeria accounts for about a third of the 200 million girls and women affected worldwide. We looked at the figures.
Junior health minister Tunji Alausa touts the progress the country's new government has made since taking office. We looked at four claims.
Nigerians eat billions of servings of noodles. So a scare in Asia is causing alarm locally, with officials set to carry out tests.
The current state governor was a no-show at the #ThePlatformNG debate, leaving three other candidates to outline their plans for Lagos.
A leading national newspaper made several claims about Nigeria’s education sector. We took a closer look at six of them.
Godwin Emefiele made claims about the low access to healthcare in Africa’s most populous country. Do his claims check out?
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 ...
To save lives, a national daily made a case for more caesarean sections in Nigeria, arguing that the rate of the surgeries was lower than th...
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