Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:
Claim: Nairobi county governor Johnson Sakaja, promising money and gifts
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: US has placed a visa ban on the chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec), Mahmood Yakubu, the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and former minister of aviation, Femi Fani Kayode.
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: The International Criminal Court has ordered Nigeria to stop swearing in of president-elect Bola Tinubu
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari says his successor Bola Tinubu wouldn’t be sworn in until he was cleared by the election tribunal
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Kenyan president William Ruto has ordered closure of AI chatbot ChatGPT
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Nigerian bank verification numbers will expire after 10 years
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Peter Obi’s legal team comprises only Igbo lawyers and is the same legal team representing the IPOB Leader Nnamdi Kanu
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Dubawa
