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16th May: Africa Fact Check Round-Up

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: Kenyan president William Ruto has ordered closure of AI chatbot ChatGPT

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

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

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