A letter being shared on social media claims Nigeria has banned all Tanker Take Over transactions with off-takers of Bonny Light Crude from Ghana, Lome and Cotonou. Following GhanaFact checks, we found the notice of ban, allegedly issued by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is fake and the claim is false.
Claim: National Service allowance increased to GHS699 with immediate effect Source: Hardtruthgh.com Verdict: False Researched by Rabiu Alhassan Satirical website, hardtruthgh.com in a terse news
Claim: Americans advised to reconsider travel to Ghana due to COVID-19 Source: US State Department Verdict: True Researched by Sani Abdul-Rahman The United States has
A video showing a herd of cattle being washed away by floods in Mexico has been misleadingly shared with the claim that it happened somewhere in Ghana’s Upper East Region.
A short video clip that shows two men exchanging blows is being widely depicted on social media as an alleged fight between the President of Somalia and his Vice. However, GhanaFact checks found the claim is false. The unaltered old news clip is being presented in an inaccurate manner to misrepresent the footage and mislead viewers.
A video clip that comes with the picture of Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings and an embedded voice note allegedly being his commentary on how France has hijacked the West African common currency Eco is being widely shared on Facebook.
Is journalist Kofi Adomah behind bars for correctly predicting the content of President Akufo-Addo’s speech about the easing of COVID-19 restrictions? That is the claim being made by YouTube Channel Bigscout Media. However, GhanaFact has flagged the video for its false headline.
No. The Ghana Police Service is not advertising recruitment or undertaking fresh recruitment processes.
An online platform, ghadmission.com made the claim in an article titled: “Ghana Police Recruitment Forms 2020 / 2021: How to join.”
The link with this offer takes users to an unsigned cloned website of Melcom, which makes users vulnerable to data theft including credit card details, account login information and any other sensitive information.
Has Ghana’s National Service Secretariat withheld payments of allowances to personnel until COVID-19 is over? That is the claim on the website HardTruthGh.
