Politics

Is crime rate in South Africa high because of homosexuality?

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, has said crime rate is high in South Africa because the country has legalized homosexuality. He made the claim in an interview he granted Nigerian TV...

What the EIU report says about Uganda and the world’s fastest-growing economies

Following the passage of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill also known as the Anti-LGQTI bill by Ghana’s Parliament, there have been mixed reactions and conversations from the public about...

How much did Ghana lose over termination of PDS contract?

In recent days, the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has on two occasions claimed that Ghana lost $2 billion as a result of the termination of the Power...

What did Kojo Oppong Nkrumah say was Bawumia’s role in setting up E-levy?

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s proposition that he would cancel the electronic transaction levy (e-levy) if he becomes president has sparked controversy. There has been intense public debate...

Deep fake video! Visa fraud allegation against Deputy Ambassador to China false

Hours before the ruling New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) parliamentary primaries began, a video emerged on various social media platforms alleging that Ghana’s Deputy Ambassador to China, Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie, had engaged in embezzlement...

Claim that Ghana’s Constitution prescribes jail term for tax evasion false

The leader of the New Force Movement, Nana Kwame Bediako, widely known as Freedom Jacob Caesar or Cheddar, has made claims suggesting that Ghana’s Constitution prescribes a two-year jail term or two-million Ghana cedis...

False! Bawumia has not deleted all his old tweets

Some handles on X ( formerly Twitter) have alleged that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has deleted tweets he made from 2013 to 2017. Bawumia has deleted all his tweets from 2013 to 2017. You’re...

False! John Mahama did not say he would cancel licensing of teachers

On November 22, 2023, when Vincent Ekow Assafuah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Old Tafo, appeared on TV3's The New Day programme, he claimed Former President John Mahama said he would cancel the licensing...

Did Mahama introduce teachers’ licensure exams?

On November 17, 2023, Presidential Staffer, Dennis Edward Aboagye, shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) suggesting that Former President John Mahama had contradicted himself on his stance on the cancellation of the teacher...