A. Kwabena Brakopowers
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Fact Check
False! Ghana’s Energy Minister, Napo, didn’t spend 55th birthday in Monaco
Claim: A leading Ghanaian newspaper, Daily Guide, reported in its May 31, 2023 edition that the country’s Energy Minister, Dr…
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Fact Check
Video of children mistreating ‘drunk’ elephant didn’t happen in Nigeria
Claim: A Twitter user says a video in which some children are seen mistreating a sleeping elephant took place in…
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Facebook Checks
FALSE! Elon Musk is not creating a ‘robot wife’
Claim: A Facebook user says Tesla CEO Elon Musk is in the final stages of creating his “robot wife, Catanella.”…
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Fact Check
Untrue, MTN is not rewarding old sim users in Ghana
Claim: A WhatsApp message that has gone viral states telecom giant MTN is rewarding its old customers in Ghana with…
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Fact Check
Franklin Cudjoe did not criticise Ghana’s Electoral Commission
Claim: Franklin Cudjoe is reported to have said that the withdrawal by Ghana’s Electoral Commission from supervising May 13, 2023,…
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Facebook Checks
FALSE! Ghana’s ex-President Mahama’s spokeswoman didn’t attack Ashantis
Claim: A Facebook user has shared a screenshot of a Twitter post in which Joyce Bawah Mogtari, the spokesperson of…
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Economy
MISLEADING! Ghana’s opposition MPs opposed Government’s new $750m loan
Claim: A legislator with Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Twum Barimah, says none of the lawmakers with the…
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Facebook Checks
FALSE! Dr Kwabena Duffuor Jnr hasn’t endorsed Mahama
Claim: A Facebook user claims Dr Kwabena Duffuor Jnr, son of Dr Kwabena Duffuor, a former Governor of the Bank…
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Economy
Ghana’s 2016 score on corruption perceptions index not different from 2020 to 2022
Claim: An opposition lawmaker, Alhassan Suhuyini, says Ghana’s performance on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has been “so bad”…
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Economy
FALSE! Inflation in Nigeria in 2019 was 11.4%, not 1.4%
Claim: The National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ayensu Ntim, says the inflation rate in Nigeria…
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