Fact Check
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Viral comment falsely attributed to Mahama’s aide, Joyce Bawah
Claim: Joyce Bawah Mogtari, a Spokesperson of Ghana’s ex-President John Mahama, has blamed the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for…
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FALSE! Mahama hasn’t released ‘proposed 2025 ministerial list’
Claim: Multiple sources say the 2024 flagbearer of Ghana’s opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has submitted a list…
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Majority Leader makes false claim about Ghana’s electricity tariff reduction
Claim: Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin claims that the NPP government is the first to reduce electricity tariffs in the Fourth…
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Image of wrecked aeroplane falsely attributed to Malawi Vice President’s plane crash
Claim: An X user @AlinurMohammed_ has shared an image featuring the wreckage of an aircraft claiming to be from the…
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Viral TV3 flier alleging Mahama promised to buy market women iPhone, fake!
Claim: An X user, Samuel Anyidoho, posted a flier purportedly designed by TV3, a Ghanaian media house, indicating that the…
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Misleading! Link soliciting applications for ad hoc staff for Ghana’s EC expired
Claim: WhatsApp users share a link that the Electoral Commission is recruiting ad hoc staff. Verdict: Misleading! Details on the link showed that Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) is…
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Mahama didn’t ask Kumasi International Airport to be named after Nkrumah
Claim: A WhatsApp user said that Ghana’s ex-President John Mahama has asked for the Kumasi International Airport to be renamed…
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False! Bawumia is not introducing free visas for Ghana cardholders
Claim: A viral fact card on WhatsApp alleges Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President of Ghana and flag bearer of the…
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No, Mahama did not promise to stabilise cedi within 100 days in office
Claim: News reports claim the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress, John Mahama, promised to stabilise the cedi in the…
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False visa claim attributed to Secretary to Ghana’s president, Asante Bediatuo
Claim: Multiple sources allege that Nana Asante Bediatuo, the Secretary to Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, has told the Canadian High…
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