Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: The Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) has stopped the All People Congress Party (APC) from holding campaign rallies. Verdict: FALSE Source: Dubawa Claim: Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone calls interested citizens to apply for the June 24, 2023, multi-tier polls Verdict: FALSE Source: Dubawa
5th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: “The current opposition [members] are all former government officials,” said Jefferson Koijee, the Mayor of Monrovia and Secretary of Mr. Weah’s Congress for Democratic Change. Verdict: FALSE Source: Dubawa Claim: The rise in inflation rate is a global challenge due to COVID-19 and is not peculiar to […]
2nd June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Tinubu appoints Gbajabiamila as Chief of StaffVerdict: FALSESource: FactCheckHub Claim: “When the Unity Party was exiting in 2017, inflation was 30%,” said Randall Dobayou, a stalwart of the CDC and Deputy Director for the Environmental Protection Agency.Verdict: FALSESource: Dubawa Claim: OPDO [Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF)] […]
A Look at the Facts as ARISE TV anchor, Ayo Mairo-Ese Reacts to UK Immigration Policy, Makes Multiple Claims
Okediran Adeyemi and Olukokun Yusuf Ayo Mairo-Ese who anchors ARISETV’s The Morning Show, has made multiple claims about Nigerians and its public office holders in relation to the United Kingdom’s new immigration policy. According to a viral video posted on May 24, 2023, Mario-Ese made the claim while commenting on the United Kingdom’s new immigration […]
31st May: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Kenya’s presidential spokesperson Hussein Mohamed resign over ‘rampant corruption’ in government Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: South Africans pay for blood transfusions and paid to donate Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Gaddafi plan to introduce an African currency backed by gold reserves Verdict: PARTLY […]
29th May: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Hon Williams claims to offer “Inua Jamii loans” starting from KSh75,000. Verdict: SCAM Source: Africa Check Claim: Mashirima Kapombe Citizen Tvv is running promotions on a Facebook group in Kenya with over 144,000 members. Verdict: SCAM Source: Africa Check Claim: Ugandan blogger Barista Timo is wanted […]
26th May: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Video show children who were forced to kill and eat babies by a satanic cult Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Kenya’s Nuru Gas Company looking for ‘passionate workers’ to hire Verdict: SCAM Source: Africa Check Claim: Roto Tank Moulders offers huge discounts on Roto water […]
22nd May: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Nigerians to register for the “ongoing Lagos State Internship program” Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Telecom giant MTN is rewarding its old customers in Ghana with free 10GB data. Verdict: FALSE Source: Dubawa – Ghana
19th May: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: X-ray shows cockroach in Kenyan patient’s chest Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says ‘I love demons’ Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Kenya’s Nation newspaper quote opposition leader Kalonzo Musyoka as breaking ranks with Azimio coalition leader Raila Odinga Verdict: […]
CLAIM: Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria Has Created 12 Million Jobs in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari spokesman, Garba Shehu claims the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has created 12 million jobs in Nigeria. Garba Shehu made this claim while commenting on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration regarding job creation, on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily Programme . The spokesman said: “In agriculture alone, the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria […]