Author: <span>Olakunle</span>

12th April: Africa Fact Check Round-Up

Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Kenyan actor Yasmeen Saiedi promises quick cash giveaways Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Pprominent Kenyan actor, promising quick cash giveaways. Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga hospitalised after protesting in capital Nairobi Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Nigeria’s Labour […]

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11th April: Africa Fact Check Round-Up

Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: A young man beaten for allegedly being gay in Uganda. Verdict: FALSE Source: Dubwa Claim: Inflation rate in Nigeria jumped from 1.4% in 2019 to 21.8% in January 2023 Verdict: FALSE Source: Dubawa Claim: Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka Bobi Wine, reading a book on the achievements […]

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6th April: Africa Fact Check Round-Up

Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Kenyan legislator admit to ‘sending goons to raid’ former President Kenyatta’s farm Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: US treasury department imposed visa sanctions on Kenyan politicians for backing violent political protests Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Youths in northern Nigeria attacks the home of […]

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4th April: Africa Fact Check Round-Up

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 […]

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CLAIM: All the Leading Candidates in the Just Concluded Presidential Election in Nigeria Promised to Remove Fuel Subsidy

On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, a Twitter user with the handle @OgbeniDipo tweeted that all the leading presidential candidates promised to remove fuel subsidies. Dr. Dipo Awojide popularly known as Ogbeni Dipo made the statement when reacting to a tweet that was tweeted by a sociopolitical activist Deji Adeyanju that the opposition at the 2023 […]

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3rd April: Africa Fact Check Round-Up

Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: The bacteria in yoghurt is the same as the one in the vagina Verdict: FALSE Source: Dubwa Claim: The government of Dubai is giving out $110 as a Ramadan relief fund. Verdict: FALSE Source: Dubwa Claim: The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God […]

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30th March: Africa Fact Check Round-Up

Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Video shows protesters during the opposition-led 20 March 2023 demonstrations in Kenya. Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: “This struggle will continue, stronger and mightier with each vile response, until our demands are met” – Raila Odinga Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Uganda’s President Yoweri […]

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