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Politics NigeriaPolicy Checked story

One highway, two prices: the fight over what the Lagos–Calabar road really costs per kilometre

Nigeria's coastal highway is being built — that much is not in dispute. What is in dispute is the maths. The Works Minister's figures work out near ₦7.5 billion per kilometre; his critics say the same contract works out near ₦22.5 billion. We lined up every claim, checked what could be checked, and labelled the rest honestly.

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Politics East AfricaElectionsPolicy Checked story

'Judge my record': Ruto dares his rivals while the opposition shops for a single candidate

President William Ruto used Mashujaa Day in Eldoret to warn that the 'political transition' of 2022 'must not be reversed', and days earlier challenged rivals to match his record. The opposition's answer is a rolling series of rallies — and an unresolved argument about who should lead it into August 2027.

  • VerifiedAt Mashujaa Day in Eldoret on 20 October 2026, Ruto said the political transition begun in 2022 'must not be reversed' and that the 2027 contest should turn on track records and development agendas.
  • VerifiedAt Eldama Ravine, Baringo, on 15 October, Ruto said he was ready to be held accountable for the plan he sold Kenyans, and challenged rivals to present alternative programmes.
  • VerifiedOn 25 October, Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro and former Interior CS Fred Matiang'i addressed a rally in Rongai, Kajiado County, criticising the government over school funding, the cost of living, unemployment and the ongoing university lecturers' strike.
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Politics GhanaPolicy Checked story

'More NPP MPs voted for me than NDC members': Bagbin reopens Ghana's strangest election

Speaker Alban Bagbin told a summit in Koforidua that his 2021 election as Speaker was carried by opposition NPP votes — 'Many more NPP members voted for me… I have the details.' The ballot was secret, the result was 138 to 136, and the claim cannot be checked against any record. Here is what is actually known.

  • VerifiedBagbin said at the Koforidua PR Summit on 22 October 2026 that not all NDC MPs voted for him and that 'many more NPP members voted for me to become the Speaker'.
  • VerifiedBagbin was elected Speaker on 7 January 2021 by 138 votes to 136 over Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, with one ballot rejected, after the 2020 general election left the NDC and NPP with 137 seats each.
  • VerifiedBagbin is the first Speaker of Ghana's Fourth Republic to be elected from an opposition party.
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Politics West AfricaPolicy Checked story

ECOWAS and the Sahel bloc sat down in Dakar. 'Rejoining' is not what the paper says

The first face-to-face ministerial talks between ECOWAS and the breakaway Sahel bloc ended with working groups and a framework to negotiate. Read the communiqué language carefully: it promises cooperation. It does not promise a return.

  • VerifiedMali, Burkina Faso and Niger formed the Alliance of Sahel States in September 2023.
  • VerifiedThe three countries' withdrawal from ECOWAS took effect in January 2025.
  • VerifiedECOWAS and the AES held their first ministerial-level talks since the split, in Dakar on 17 October 2026.
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