Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: An opposition lawmaker in Ghana, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, says the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has put its political symbol, the elephant, on the country’s Grand Medal Award. Verdict: MISLEADING Source: Ghana-Dubwa Claim: NDC invited the media to a press conference by the NDC on Saturday, March […]
CLAIM: PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar Retires From Active Politics
On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, a Facebook user with the handle Ajisebi Oyo Radio Tv posted on a group page on Facebook named ‘Oyo State Affairs’ that the Presidential candidate for the People Democratic Party in the 2023 general election has retired from active politics. The full text read thus “On behalf of my family, […]
