Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:
Claim: Police officer Mohammed Umar Abba has taken over as acting chair of Nigeria’s financial crimes commission after Abdulrasheed Bawa’s suspension in June 2023
Verdict: PARTLY FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Kenyan politician, Aisha Jumwa has announced loan offers available to Kenyans.
Verdict: SCAM
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Citizen TV news presenter Trevor Ombija is offering loans to Kenyans on Facebook
Verdict: SCAM
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Air News Nigeria is offering investment plans to Nigerians to double their money.
Verdict: SCAM
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Nigeria’s president has ordered all local oil refineries be fully operational within six months
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Ugandan president Museveni is dead
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Dollars found in Nigeria’s ousted central bank chief’s house
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: National Elections Commission (NEC) of Liberia and the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) are recruiting new staff.
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Dubawa
Claim: INEC Chairman admits declaring blurred results together with another 20,000 in court.
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Dubawa
Claim: One of the Shakahola bodies marked for autopsy in Kenya
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Ugandan musician Juliana Kanyomozi comment on controversial topics in the music industry
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Citizen TV journalist Chemutai Goin is running cash promotions
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Video of cattle that died in northern Italy after the government vaccinated them against COVID-19
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Image of drone attack in North Shewa in 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
