Claim: NDC members lock up National Organiser Joseph Yamin in Ashanti Region
Source:@MrIrish3 (X) and @kwadwosheldon. (Archived here & here).
Verdict: Misleading!
Explanation: A violent incident was recorded on December 6, 2024,...
Claim: John Dumelo defeated incumbent MP Lydia Alhassan with over 20,000 votes
Source: X user, eddie_wrt (archived)
Verdict: False
Explanation: According to the pink sheet signed by the candidates’ agents and the...
Claim: A post in a pro-NPP Facebook group, “NPP Official’s Ashley Anston,” suggests that Russia might have interfered in Ghana’s election. The post states: “Russia...
Claim: A viral tweet allegedly from Ursula Owusu-Ekuful warns followers she will not tolerate disrespect after her loss in the Ablekuma West Constituency parliamentary...
Claim: An X handle claimed that the NPP inherited an unemployment rate of 8.4% but brought it to 4% by employing 2.6 million Ghanaians.
Source: X (formerly...
As Ghana prepares for its crucial elections on December 7, 2024, the Ablekuma West Municipal office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE),...
The United States Embassy in Accra has lauded Ghanaians for conducting another peaceful and successful general election, which it says reflects the will of...
Ghanaians headed to the polls on Saturday 7th December 2024 in their ninth democratic election since 1992.
Voters across the country started queuing as early...
Claim: An X user shared a video claiming that two men who confronted soldiers during the voting exercise in Obuasi East are now receiving treatment in a...
The Western regional correspondent for Joy News, Natalia Quansah, endured a traumatic experience while covering the election at the Essikado-Ketan constituency in the Western...
Claim: KT Hammond has lost his seat. (Source: Facebook, Twitter)
Verdict: False
Explanation
Reports that the Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa Constituency, K. T Hammond, has lost his seat...
On X (formerly Twitter), a coordinated network of accounts is driving hashtags such as:
#IncompetentMahama
#FailedMahama
#1TouchForBawumia
#BawumiaForPresident
These accounts are spreading harmful disinformation targeting John Dramani Mahama, the...
Claim: A Facebook user claims a group of Togolese brought in by the NPP were arrested in Ketu South and repatriated.
Source: Facebook
Verdict: Misleading
Explanation: The Ghana Fact-Checking Coalition...
Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu has urged Ghanaians to support John Dramani Mahama, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, in the...
Claim: A TikTok user shared a video attributing a statement made by South Africa’s former president, Nelson Mandela, to ex-President John Dramani Mahama, claiming: “Wait and...
Claim: A WhatsApp video reports a shooting incident leading to the death of an individual in a branded NDC T-shirt in the Tolon Constituency.
Source:...
Claim: X users @NanaKwame_off, @GrefDuah, and @AmoakoKwam claim NDC Parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, called Maa Lydia a husband killer in bulk SMS to constituents.
Verdict: False
Explanation:
The...
The Ghana Police Service has arrested four suspects in connection with a shooting incident at Nyankpala in the Northern Region, which claimed one life...
The Accredited Kingmakers, Elders, and Representatives of the Ga Paramount Stool Dzase have firmly rebutted a recent press release issued by Nii Yaote Oto-Ga...
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...
The first-ever Astroturf pitch aimed at promoting sporting activities in Odumasi and its surrounding areas within the Asante Akyem Central constituency of the Ashanti...
The victim of the tragic accident at Sunyani-Asufufu on Tuesday night has been identified as Margaret Boadi, a final-year Midwifery student at the Catholic...
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...
The Ministry of the Interior has announced the immediate closure of all land borders ahead of tomorrow's general election.
The closure will remain in effect...
The Akyeamehene of the Akyode Traditional Council, Nana Sey Mireku, has called on journalists to prioritize accuracy and exercise caution in their reporting during...
The Yagbonwura, Bii-Kunuto Soale Jewu Soale I, overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, has led an Islamic prayer session ahead of tomorrow’s general elections.
The prayer...
A former Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, who presided over the 2012 presidential election petition, Justice William Atuguba has identified the excessive...
