As Ghana approaches the December 7 general elections, there is rising political tension amid calls for a peaceful atmosphere.
Citizens are gearing up to exercise...
Ghana’s voters will elect a new president in less than 16 days. Campaigns have intensified, with many political bigwigs taking every opportunity to sell...
Claim 1: A Facebook user claims John Mahama, the NDC 2024 flagbearer, left office on January 6, 2017, when Ghana’s debt-to-GDP ratio was 56%.
Verdict: False!
Explanation
Data from...
Claim: X user @NanaKwame shared a flyer in which the Goasomanhene reportedly died while consulting a deity for John Mahama, the 2024 NDC flagbearer, to...
Claim: X user @LongLyf2 claimed that NPP Vice-Presidential candidate Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh was not allowed to speak at the final rally.
Verdict: False.
Verification: Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh was...
Claim: An X (formerly Twitter) user claims that Martin Amidu accused John Mahama of being the father of corruption in his new revelation about the Airbus...
Claim: NDC security boys attacked Joseph Yamin and ex-police chief Kofi Boakye at a press conference in Kumasi, an Accra-based media outlet alleges.
Verdict: Misleading!
Explanation: Verification by...
Claim: A Facebook user shared an image of renowned Afro dancehall artist Stonebwoy clad in an NDC shirt on Dec. 4, 2024.
Verdict: False
Explanation: The picture is...
Claim: An X user, @Mayor38593709, shared a flyer in which John Mahama, the 2024 NDC flagbearer, reportedly said he “may not sign” the anti-LGBTQ+ bill into...
Claim: Kennedy Agyapong has repeated the claim that 5.7 million people benefitted from Free SHS during the NPP’s final rally.
Verdict: False
Explanation
According to the Ministry...
Claim: A flier shared by an X user, @edemgilbert, reports John Mahama, the NDC 2024 flagbearer, as saying he could win the December 7 election without...
Claim: A video has gone viral on TikTok and Facebook in which Ex-president John Dramani Mahama is heard telling voters they will take people’s mobile...
Claim: An X user, @OfficialBigkay, claims an NDC supporter had cut off the thumb of an NPP member in Bolgatanga.
Verdict: Misleading
Verification:
Our findings reveal that...
Claim: Henry Nana Boakye claims that the various presidential candidates will be voted for on separate voting days.
Verdict: False. Article 46 of the Constitution of Ghana...
Claim: A viral TikTok audio allegedly features Mahamudu Bawumia, NPP presidential candidate, calling Ghanaians weak-minded and promising to deceive them into winning the upcoming election.
Verdict: False.
Explanation
The Ghana Fact-checking...
Claim: Social media users are reporting an early lead for the presidential candidates of the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress in...
Claim: Social media users claim that the ECOWAS court has awarded a $1 million cost against Ghana in the case against New Force’s Shalimar Abbiusi.
Verdict: This...
Ghana’s Works and Housing minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has urged the electorate to retain the country’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the December polls.
The lawmaker...
Claim: Popular Ghanaian influencer Enokay and broadcaster Kevin Taylor shared a fact card allegedly quoting former Energy Minister and New Patriotic Party (NPP) running mate, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, aka...
Claim: Freddie Blay, the former national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has claimed that the county’s inflation rate currently stands at 14%.
Verdict: False. The...
Claim: Social media users have shared a viral photo of Kylian Mbappe and Nadia Buhari, depicting that the two took a picture together.
Verdict: False. The viral...
Claim: Freddie Blay, the former national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has claimed that the county’s inflation rate currently stands at 14%.
Verdict: False. The...
Claim: Social media users have shared viral videos that allegedly show the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) mocking voters...
Claim: Multiple sources claimed Sammy Gyamfi, the National Communication Officer of Ghana’s opposition NDC, has asked the country’s ex-President John Kufuor to “shut up” after he encouraged...
Claim: Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, asserted that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) uses Muslims for votes and suggested that it would...
Claim: A viral WhatsApp post claimed that Former President John Dramani Mahama is distributing campaign funds of GHS500 to Ghanaians.
Verdict: False! DUBAWA’s findings revealed that the...
Claim: Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, during the launch of the Ghana Music Xperience (GMX) streaming platform at De Icon Centre on Oct 30, 2024,...
A Communication team member of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party, Dr. Ishaq Ibrahim, has appealed to Ghanaians to keep faith with the government despite the...
Claim: A viral photo shared by social media accounts, including one alleging to belong to former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Central Regional Chairman Bernard Allotey Jacobs, shows NDC’s running...
Claim: A Facebook user shared a flyer that claimed Ghana’s Deputy Education Minister, Dr John Ntim Fordjour, said no one can become rich as a “mere teacher.”
Verdict: False....
Claim: Former President John Mahama and current flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress has claimed that in the 4th Republic, Ghana’s highest inflation was...
