Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:
Claim: Church was struck by lightning in the US during a marriage ceremony for homosexual couple
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Governor of Nigeria’s Lagos state has ordered traffic agency to stop arresting motorists
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: “Beware of fake alcoholic beverages being manufactured illegally in South Africa.”
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Bola Tinubu has appointed a former Lagos state commissioner to the key post of spokesperson
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: United Nigeria plane flying from Ebonyi state to Lagos state crash-landed “inside bush”.
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: streaming giant Netflix released a movie about Kenya’s Shakahola cult
Verdict: FAKE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Nigeria’s vital Seme land border with Benin reopened in 2023
Verdict: MISSING CONTEXT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Former chair of the Kenya’s electoral commission has died
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Nigeria’s new president Bola Tinubu appoints 27 ministers
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Sweden has formally recognized sex as a sport and will hold its first-ever sex tournament this week.
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Dubawa – Ghana
