Promoting fact justice!!
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, […]
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 […]