On Monday 8th May 2023, a Twitter user, Nungua Burnaboy @views09, tweeted the picture of Afrobeats singer, Tiwa Savage, on stage at the coronation of King Charles lll of England, saying the singer is a Ghanian.
The tweet read thus, “Ghanaian Female Singer Tiwa Savage performed at coronation concert of King Charles III of England. Big win for Ghana and Africa, we are so proud of you”
The tweet has generated over 5 million views, over 4,700 retweets, about 1,600 quotes, over 55,600 likes and about 5,000 comments as of the time of publishing this report.
VERIFICATION
N-VA extracted the claim, ‘Twitter User Claims Afrobeats Singer, Tiwa Savage is Ghanaian.’ The researcher went out to fact check and verify this claim.
According to multiple reports profiling Tiwa Savage, whose original name is Tiwatope Savage, it was reported that she’s Nigeria born, in the Isale Eko area of Lagos state.
However, Savage holds dual citizenship as a British-Nigerian, but she’s widely known and recognised as a Nigerian Singer on multiple music streaming platforms.
CONCLUSION
The claim that Afrobeats singer, Tiwa Savage is a Ghanian is FALSE.
