Another cohort of 4 young Ghanaian film and television professionals has graduated from the West Africa MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) Academy in Lagos the...
The New Patriotic Party(NPP) Parliamentary candidate of the Akuapim North, Sammi Awuku, has emerged victorious in the 2024 election.
The Director General of the National...
Incumbent Ketu South Member of Parliament, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has called on Ghanaians to rally behind the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and its leader,...
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 Facebook user, Francis Kennedy Ocloo, shared a picture of President Akufo-Addo’s statue at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi and another statue that...
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 Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, says the Commission has demonstrated fairness in the elections.
According to her, the Commission “has walked...
The Ghana Police Service have arrested 12 suspects for looting in Tamale and causing damage to properties in Damango.
In a statement, the police said...
An Electoral Commission (EC) official has collapsed at the Dome Kwabenya Collation Centre in the Greater Accra region.
The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon amid...
The United States Embassy in Accra has lauded Ghanaians for conducting another peaceful and successful general election, which it says reflects the will of...
The Member of Parliament(MP) for Mfantseman and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Ophelia Mensah Hayford, has lost her seat.
She was seeking re-election...
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...
New Patriotic Party(NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has conceded defeat in the 2024 general election.
Addressing the nation on Sunday morning, he congratulated the National...
Angry electorates on the morning of Sunday, December 8, 2024, destroyed machines at the Okaikwei Central collation centre, Ghana Communication Technology University(GCTU).
Joy News' Lois Shola Adeyemi...
Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West in the Greater Accra Region, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has lost her seat in the just-ended general elections.
The Communications Minister...
Assin North Member of Parliament(MP), James Gyakye Quayson, has retained the seat for the National Democratic Congress(NDC) in the just-ended 2024 Presidential and Parliamentary...
Confusion has erupted in the Dome Kwabenya constituency of the Greater Accra Region as supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) resist the arrival...
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...
A clash erupted during the 2024 election in the Obuasi East constituency of the Ashanti region involving three men in military uniform and civilians.
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...
