No, 60% of women in Nigeria don’t give birth at traditional attendants’ facilities
To encourage more acceptance of alternative approaches to health, an expert claimed that in Nigeria, six in 10 women delivered their babies
To encourage more acceptance of alternative approaches to health, an expert claimed that in Nigeria, six in 10 women delivered their babies
An online publication claimed that Nigeria’s economic crisis was due to its neglect of agriculture. But did the statistics it cited add up? ...
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...
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...
An online publication claims there are more than 15 million Nigerians in the diaspora who send home about US$25 billion every year. We fact-...
A graphic circulating compared the national budget for healthcare and education to the cost of maintaining the national assembly.
In celebration of 60 years of Independence President Buhari made a number of claims in his address, we looked into these claims.
World Bank uses outdated stats as it announces US$500 million in funding to help educate girls in Nigeria
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