Fact-checks

Photo of NASA’s Christina Koch holding Ghana flag in spaceship is fake

NLA Good Causes gone bad: Sammi Awuku’s GHC 2 million AstroTurf left to rot

Captain Smart’s claim on Ghana’s free electricity export to Togo completely false

John Kumah’s claim of Ghana having the third strongest currency in Africa false

John Kumah’s claim on total infractions in Auditor-General’s report false

KNUST in the last 10 years: Student clashes, protests and gross misconduct

UK has Motor Insurance Database; Bawumia’s account is false

Ghana’s 2016 Debt Servicing: Gabby Otchere-Darko’s figures false, Kwakye Ofosu’s misleading

NDC National Organiser’s claim on use of guns during demo false

NSS Deputy Director’s claim on personnel transport allowance completely false

False! Ken Ofori-Atta did not say Gov’t spent GH¢36 million on agenda 111 logo

Fact-Check: No evidence for viral claim of toes for cash in Zimbabwe

Here’s how electricity tariffs have changed in the last 10 years

Latest Podcast

Mathematical Mix-up or Deliberate Duplication? Why the Presidency’s Big Push report doesn’t add up

The Fourth Estate’s investigations into the Mahama administration’s flagship construction project, The Big Push, generated a lot of public debate about the use and abuse of sole source procurement in the award of public contracts. In May 2026, in response to The Fourth Estate’s investigation, the presidency released a 72-page report which concluded that the Ministry of Roads and Highways did not abuse the sole source process in its award of contracts under the Big Push initiative. Interestingly, the number of Big Push contracts used to arrive at that conclusion differed from those obtained by The Fourth Estate through a Right to Information (RTI) request from the Roads Ministry. While the presidency’s response sought to dispute the number of sole-sourced contracts awarded under the initiative, it however, did not dispute the cost per project contained in The Fourth Estate’s report. So what did the presidency miss in its own review of contracts awarded under its flagship project? Kwaku Krobea Asante joins us to break down the figures and point out where they fall short.