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The 2024 Presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is Ghana’s top Meta ads spender as the country heads to a major election in December. With $31,609 (the equivalent of GHȼ553,220.72) spent on Facebook and Instagram ads between Aug. 4, 2020, and Sept. 18, 2024, the Ghana Vice President is […]
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 […]
Introduction: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has suggested a name change for monkeypox. The infection-causing disease known as “mpox” would be the preferred synonym for monkeypox. The global health authority has explained the name change was due to racist slang and stigmatising language that surfaced online during the outbreak of the disease in 2022. “WHO […]
Claim: Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo says financial irregularities in the country’s public sector in 2023 have dropped GHȼ5.2 billion from the previous year. Verdict: True. JUSTFACT GHANA’s research confirmed that financial irregularities in the country’s public sector in 2023 were reduced by GHȼ5.2 billion compared to 2022, as Mr Akufo-Addo alleged. The Auditor-General revealed that […]