Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Roto Moulders Limited, a company that manufactures water tanks in Kenya is giving discount Verdict: SCAM Source: Africa Check Claim: Guinness World Record award Nigerian chef Hilda Baci N250 million for cooking record Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), the country’s tax […]
14th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Mele Kyari, the NNPC Ltd boss, has been suspended with “immediate effect”. Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Unilever is looking for over 8,000 people older than 18 to take part in its leadership and recruitment programme. Verdict: SCAM Source: Africa Check Claim: South Africa to […]
13th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Church was struck by lightning in the US during a marriage ceremony for homosexual couple Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Governor of Nigeria’s Lagos state has ordered traffic agency to stop arresting motorists Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: “Beware of fake alcoholic beverages being […]
CLAIM: President Tinubu Orders Immediate Reopening of All Land Borders in Nigeria
A Twitter user @NkirukaNistoran claims that Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has ordered the immediate reopening of the country’s borders.
The claim that President Bola Tinubu has ordered the reopening of all land borders in Nigeria is FALSE.
12th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: As a result of measles vaccination, “children are now suffering” from “adverse effects, some serious”. Verdict: UNPROVEN Source: Africa Check Claim: The measles vaccines being given to children “could” be “traditional measles shots, mRNA based measles shots, or C-19 shots”. Verdict: INCORRECT Source: Africa Check Claim: […]
Fact-checking Claims on the Origin and Deaths of the Civil Unrest in Senegal
Olukokun Yusuf On 5th June 2023, a popular Twitter page with close to a million followers, @AfricaFactsZone made a post stating that 16 people have died following the protest in Senegal against President Sall’s unconstitutional third-term bid. The post also notes that opposition leader; Ousmane Sonko, has also been charged by a Senegalese court and […]
8th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa: Claim: Nigeria’s Ondo state governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu is dead Verdict: FALSE Source: Africa Check Claim: Last year [the fuel subsidy] “gulped 4.3 trillion naira ($9.3 billion; £7.5 billion) Verdict: CORRECT Source: Africa Check Claim: For the first half of this year, 3.36 trillion naira was budgeted for […]
7th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up
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)] […]
