Politics
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FALSE! Cameroonian President Biya not overthrown
Claim: A message circulating on WhatsApp in Ghana says the military in Cameroon has overthrown President Paul Biya. Verdict: False.…
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Mahama’s alleged description of Jane Nana Opoku-Agyemang as slow, FAKE
Claim: Some online users share a digital newscard with the details of the Accra-based media network Citi Newsroom and Citi…
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Tourism Minister’s assertion NPP did not increase utility tariffs four years into office, false
Claim: The Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has claimed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP)…
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Are videos of military officers seizing cash from ex-Gabon officials true?
On Thursday, August 30, 2023, a group of military officers successfully deposed Gabon President Ali Bongo and his government in…
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False! Akufo-Addo’s presidency not the first to be surveyed for corruption by Afrobarometer
Claim: A political critic, Bernard Mornah, says it is under President Nana Akufo-Addo that Ghana’s Presidency became a part of…
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No, Kennedy Agyapong did not directly call Bawumia to threaten him
Claim: Social media users have shared a viral video of flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kennedy Agyapong…
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Niger coup: Viral video of aircraft supposedly carrying Wagner forces, old
Claim: A video has gone viral on the internet suggesting that Wagner forces had arrived in Niger in an aircraft…
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False! Viral video of women purportedly rushing for food, not during Tinubu’s presidency
Claim: A Twitter user has shared a viral video of women purportedly rushing for food out of hunger in Northern…
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False; Ghanaian government did not accrue 226 billion cedis as tax revenue in 2022
Claim: Member of the National Democratic Party (NDC) and a Private Legal Practitioner, Edudzi Tamakloe, claimed that the government accrued…
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Ghana not only country to deliver mobile money interoperability system
Claim: Flagbearer aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has claimed that Ghana is the only African…
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