Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Video shows protesters during the opposition-led 20 March 2023 demonstrations in Kenya. Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: “This struggle will continue, stronger and mightier with each vile response, until our demands are met” – Raila Odinga Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Uganda’s President Yoweri […]
CLAIM: President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration Acquires New Fighter Helicopters for the Nigerian Air Force
On Monday, March 27, 2023, a Facebook User with the name Ajoke Omotunde Omotosho posted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration has acquired new fighter helicopters for the Nigerian Air Force. The full text read thus: “BOOM President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration Takes Its Military Investments To A New Level By Its Recent Acquisition Of A Number […]
Fact-checking claims on Religious affiliation of Nigerian leaders and political appointees
On March 24, a Twitter user with the handle @RealOlaudah shared a post listing the top positions in Nigeria’s government and head of agencies, departments and parastatals. He claimed that there all the 29 posts listed in his Twitter thread were all occupied by Muslims.
