There are suggestions the Ghana Football Association (GFA) should be dissolved with immediate effect and all international assignments of the national teams be put on hold, following the expose of corruption in the game of football by ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The host of Peace FM’s Kokrokoo morning show programme, Kwami Sefa Kayi for instance thinks that the ...
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Akufo-Addo, Bawumia deny contract deals with Nyantakyi
President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, have vehemently denied ever discussing contract deals with Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA). In an exposé by the ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, on the rot in Ghana’s football administration which was premiered in Accra on Wednesday, President Akufo-Addo and Dr Bawumia ...
Read More »Cutting sod for Kumasi Airport again wasteful – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has expressed shock at the decision by President Akufo-Addo to cut sod for the phase two of the Kumasi International Airport despite the fact that it was done by the Mahama administration. According to the Minority, sod cutting for the second time for the same project amounts to waste of time and resources of the state. ...
Read More »Stop diverting attention with sacking of CEOs – NDC slams Akufo-Addo
The main opposition party National Democratic Congress (NDC) has issued a statement swiping the president over the dismissal of some state CEOs, a move the party claims is being used to cover the embarrassment following the expose by Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The statement which was signed by Deputy General Secretary, Koku Anyidoho, called on party supporters to ignore the diversionary ...
Read More »Danny Rose talks depression, uncle’s suicide and gun attacks as England star reveals all
NERVOUSLY, Danny Rose admits that most of what it seems he so desperately needed to get off his chest ahead of this summer’s World Cup he has not even shared with his mum or dad. Nor, for that matter, has he spoken about it with Gareth Southgate, although each of them knows different parts of the picture. The full truth, ...
Read More »Anas Video: There Will Be No Cover-Ups – GFA
The Ghana Football Association has given the assurance that there will be no cover-ups at the football organization following the revelations of ill-conduct by some officials in the investigative piece put together by journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. The FA however says it was not given the opportunity to view the video ahead of the Wednesday premiering even though they are ...
Read More »Government doctoring debt figures – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of doctoring figures in order to reduce the country’s public debt stock. According to the NDC MPs, the Akufo-Addo led administration added some GH¢28 billion to the debt stock in 2017. The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta last year stated that government through prudent management of the economy successfully reduced the country’s debt ...
Read More »13 key events in Anas’ three-year GFA investigations
This week, Anas Aremeyaw Anas released the documentary that threatens to cut the GFA to size. The investigative piece, titled ‘Number 12: When Corruption and Greed Become the Norm’, has been airing since Wednesday afternoon in Accra. Yet, it is clearly from years of work. Joy Sports tries to trace the key events that have led to this point. November ...
Read More »AL-SMITH: Nyantakyi may win legal war, but he must leave GFA job. Now.
The radio was low, just enough to serve as background noise while driving, but the corners of the senses could faintly make out the familiar chorus. “If you truly love me, Please let me go…” It was the perfect song for the moment. The previous two hours had been difficult. On Wednesday evening, I’d joined the thousands of Ghanaians who ...
Read More »Manchester United star Paul Pogba lifts lid on Jose Mourinho relationship
MANCHESTER UNITED star Paul Pogba seems to think people have a false impression of his relationship with Jose Mourinho. Mourinho made Pogba his most expensive signing ever when he brought the midfielder back to the Premier League in the summer of 2016. But the Portuguese gaffer is yet to see the 25-year-old live up to the £89m fee United handed ...
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