Promoting fact justice!!
Claim: Dr Matthew Opoku Premph, an ex-Ghanaian Energy Minister, says the 2024 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, promised to pardon jailed illegal miners so they could continue with their illicit activities. Verdict: False. JUSTFACT GHANA’s investigation showed that the ex-Ghanaian President John Mahama did not promise to pardon the jailed illegal […]
Claim: The 2024 Presidential candidate of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, claims the internet penetration rate in the West African country in Jan. 2017 was 32%. Verdict: This is false. Investigations by JUSTFACT GHANA revealed that the internet penetration rate in West Africa in Jan. 2017 was 28%, not 32%, as […]
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 […]
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, […]