Are Nigerians buying the 22nd cheapest petrol in the world? Experts say this is a flawed and misleading comparison
Several newspapers recently reported that Nigeria has some of the cheapest petrol in the world. We took a closer look.
Several newspapers recently reported that Nigeria has some of the cheapest petrol in the world. We took a closer look.
Kenya has many challenges when it comes to the quality of suicide data, including the lack of a suicide registry.
The American envoy has been working hard to sell her current posting as an attractive investment destination.
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.
The head of a health consultancy claimed South Africa was “the most obese country in Africa”. We took a closer look at his evidence.
The term “long Covid” is by now familiar for the symptoms many suffer months after infection with Covid-19.
While both the absolute numbers and the rate have grown since 1994, the graphic gets the figures wrong.
Several news sites have unfavourably panned the recent deployment of ‘a mere’ 2,500 soldiers to deal with recent unrest.
A count that is underway is expected to definitively settle the question of just how many jumbos the East African country has.
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