Economy
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Misleading! Liberia’s standard of living not better than Guinea and Sierra Leone
Claim: Liberians should be happy with the standard of living because poverty in Sierra Leone and Guinea is higher, a…
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Misleading! Finance Minister did not order removal of Lofa and Nimba citizens working with LRA
Claim: “Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Samuel Tweah, is demanding the removal of all Lofa and Nimba citizens from…
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CJID wins $400,000 USAID JET Minerals Challenge
[Abuja, October 24, 2023] – The Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has won the United States Agency for…
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No! Qatar did not threaten to cut off world’s natural gas supply
Claim: A video shows the Emir of Qatar threatening to cut off the global natural gas supply unless Israel ends…
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FALSE! No new $165 tax for passengers
Claim: A report has gone viral, claiming that passengers travelling by air to Sierra Leone will start paying $165 more…
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Viral link promising financial cushion from SLCB, fake
Claim: A viral post shared on WhatsApp, purporting to come from the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB), is promising a…
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Viral OPay agents’ protest video dates back to 2021
Claim: OPay agents protest over missing funds. Verdict: The circulated protest video featuring OPay agents is from 2021. OPay asserts…
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The debacle of September 11 and Sierra Leone’s violent protest
September 11, 2001, is remembered worldwide for the terror that occurred when two planes flew into the World Trade Center…
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Video on Tinubu’s plans to abolish the Naira for Dollars manipulated
On August 26, 2023, Folami Adeyinka posted a video on Facebook showing Arise TV reporter Oji Okpe announcing that Mr…
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Lawmaker’s assertion on Cotton Tree Public School and Budgetary Allocation, misleading
Claim: Cotton Tree Public School received its first budgetary allocation in fiscal year 2023; it amounts to $55,000. Verdict: Misleading.…
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