Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:
Claim: Nigeria’s Ondo state governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu is dead
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Last year [the fuel subsidy] “gulped 4.3 trillion naira ($9.3 billion; £7.5 billion)
Verdict: CORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: For the first half of this year, 3.36 trillion naira was budgeted for [the subsidy]
Verdict: CORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: “Inflation is running at its highest rate for nearly 18 years.”
Verdict: CORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: “Inflation is a record 22%.”
Verdict: INCORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: “One in three are unemployed.”
Verdict: INCORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: “Before Mr Buhari took over that [unemployment] figure was less than one in 10.”
Verdict: CORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: The output of the vital oil industry is shrinking.
Verdict: MOSTLY CORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Mr Buhari pleaded with lawmakers to hurriedly approve an $800m (£640m) loan from the World Bank.
Verdict: MISLEADING
Source: Africa Check
Claim: “96 million live below the poverty line of $1.90 per day.”
Verdict: INCORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Nigeria’s GDP per head was $2,065 for 2021 (compared to $70,248 for the US and $46,510 for the UK).
Verdict: MISLEADING
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Mr Tinubu’s use of technology to improve tax collection in Lagos [state] was remarkable, increasing revenue by more than 400% in eight years.
Verdict: CORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Oil theft led to Nigeria’s production plunging to a 30-year low in 2022.
Verdict: CORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: When Buhari took over public debt stood at a little over $60 billion.
Verdict: CORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Africa’s largest economy was using 96% of its revenue to service debts.
Verdict: MOSTLY CORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: George Weah had won every other election in Grand Bassa County in the absence of Counselor Charles Brumskine (now deceased)
Verdict: MOSTLY FALSE
Source: Dubawa
Claim: Video in which some children are seen mistreating a sleeping elephant took place in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Verdict: MISLEADING
Source: Dubawa
