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Mensa Otabil’s pulpit mobile phone comment not a reply to Bawumia

Claim: A YouTuber has alleged that the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) founder, Dr Mensa Otabil’s caution to the youth not to trade their destiny for a mobile phone was a reply to Ghana’s Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s promise to encourage the use of smart devices. Verdict: Misleading. JUSTFACT GHANA’s investigations have shown that […]

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No, Ghanaian actor, Dumelo didn’t call new Nigerian president a drug dealer

Claim: A Twitter user says Ghanaian actor and politician John Dumelo has described the newly sworn-in President of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a “drug dealer.” Verdict: False. The Ghanaian actor has told JUSTFACT GHANA that the claim is “clearly fake” and that he never used those words to describe the Nigerian President. Also, […]

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Sam George’s false, true and misleading claims on Ghana’s Press Freedom ranking

An opposition lawmaker in Ghana, Samuel Nartey George has accused the country’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of undermining the efforts of previous governments to improve the work, life, and livelihood of journalists. Commenting on Ghana’s latest ranking on the 2024 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders on May 3, 2023, the […]