Fact Check
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Misleading! No proof pineapple juice can cure cataracts, glaucoma and other eye problems
Claim: A Facebook user, Cletus Ogbudu, claimed that pineapple juice can cure cataracts and other eye problems. Verdict: Misleading. No…
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Samuel Awuku’s assertion US recorded almost 2 million COVID-19 deaths is false
Claim: The Chief Executive Officer of the National Lottery Authority, Samuel Awuku, has claimed that the United States of America…
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Spio-Garbrah’s inflation claims about Mills, Mahama, misleading
Claim: A leading member of the National Democratic Congress, Dr Ekwow Spio-Garbrah, claimed that former President Attah Mills and John…
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False quote attributed to Ghana President’s cousin goes viral
Claim: Gabby Otchere-Darko, a cousin of Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo, allegedly said “a lot” of his family members have been…
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Video of Ibrahimović criticising Messi’s FIFA Best Men’s Player Award, doctored
Claim: A Facebook user has shared a viral video of former Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović, allegedly claiming Messi does not deserve…
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Video of President Tinubu rejecting BBC’s documentary on the late TB Joshua, doctored
Claim: Social media users claim Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has rejected BBC’s documentary on the late TB Joshua. Photo Credit:…
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Banten Stadium in Indonesia, falsely ascribed to Accra’s new stadium
Claim: A Facebook user, Okyeman Ba Kwame II, claimed that a new stadium had been constructed to host the All…
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False! Public debt was not $36 billion before NDC left office in 2016
Claim: The Deputy Minister for Energy, Andrew Egyapa Mercer, had claimed that the total public debt before the National Democratic…
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Twene Jonas’ assertion no Ghanaian has been listed in Guinness World Records is false
Claim: A social media commentator, Twene Jonas, has claimed that Afua Asantewaa will be the first Ghanaian to get her…
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Argentina, not Ghana, is IMF’s biggest debtor
Claim: Founder of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, claims Ghana has the biggest loan from the International Monetary…
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