Fact Check
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No, Elon Musk has not opened a hotel on Mars
Claim: Social media users claim that Elon Musk has opened a hotel on planet Mars. They shared photos to back…
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Unrelated Pictures: Viral photo of abandoned plane underwater, not ‘disappeared’ Malaysia Aeroplane 370
Claim: A photo of an abandoned aeroplane underwater has gone viral, with social media users claiming it is the Malaysia…
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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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Ghana’s economy grew at 2.9%, not 4.8%, for the third quarter of 2022
CLAIM: Mr Yofi Grant, CEO of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, has said Ghana’s economy grew at 4.8% in the third…
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Fact-Check: Viral Achraf Hakimi – Hiba Abouk divorce settlement posts fake
Claim: Numerous reports on social media, as well as some online platforms, say the wife of PSG football star Achraf…
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Viral video of woman in wheelchair dancing with a man, not singer Celine Dion
Claim: A Twitter user @Cheeboozorrhh has claimed that a viral video of a woman in a wheelchair dancing with a…
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Government communicator makes false claims about Global Peace Index
Claim: The member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communication team, Saaka Salia, has said that in Africa, Ghana has…
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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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Dr Bawumia’s claim that Ghana had only two astroturfs before 2017 is misleading
Claim: Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia claimed that there were only two astroturfs in Ghana before they came into government…
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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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