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Nyantakyi’s life ban not surprising – M.anifest

Popular Ghanaian rapper, M.anifest, has described former GFA president, Kwasi Nyantakyi’s lifetime ban by FIFA as not surprising. M.anifest who had the opportunity to watch the Anas expose titled #Number 12, said the level of corruption unearthed in the video gave no less a punishment than a lifetime ban. “We all need redemption but everybody must be responsible for his ...

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Nyantakyi case not abandoned; AG takes over soon – Gov’t

The Government has stated that the Attorney General and Minister of Justice will soon take over the criminal case of the former President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwasi Nyantakyi after investigations were concluded by the Police CID. This comes after the opposition National Democratic Congress urged the government to expedite action into investigations on the conduct of the former ...

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1992 constitution has ‘outlived usefulness’; new constitution needed – Prof Gyampo

Director of the Center for European Studies at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampoh has questioned the usefulness of the 1992 constitution in its current state insisting there is the need to develop a new constitution. He argued that there are so many loopholes within the constitution that renders several institutions and agencies ineffective in delivering their mandate for ...

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NaBCo employees start work today

All the Module Implementation Partners (MIPs) for the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo) will today (November 1, 2018) start welcoming NaBCo trainees to their institutions. Institutions including the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), the Ghana Education Service (GES), the Ghana Health Service (GHS), the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Ministries of Education, Food and Agriculture, Local Government and Rural Development, Finance, Trade and ...

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N/R: School feeding caterers accuse MMDCEs, NPP chairmen of extortion

Caterers under the School Feeding Programme in the Northern Region have accused the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and Constituency chairmen of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) of harassing them financially by asking them to commit part of their salaries in support of the party’s development. According to the caterers, they were asked to commit 10 per ...

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There’s no evidence to prosecute Nyantakyi – AG

The Attorney General’s department has said it does not have enough evidence to prosecute the disgraced former President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwasi Nyantakyi. This comes after the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee banned Mr Nyantakyi for life from all football activities at both national and international level (administrative, sports or any other). Speaking to Starr News’ ...

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SC dismisses suit against EC, AG over limited registration exercise

A seven member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Sophia Adenyira, has dismissed a contempt application instituted against the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Jean Mensa, and the Attorney General (AG), Gloria Akuffo, for going ahead with the limited voter registration exercise which took place from the 16th to the 25th of September 2018, in the areas recommended ...

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KNUST riots: Ghc1.7m needed to fix damages

The management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has stated that an amount of 1.6 to 1.7 million Ghana cedis is needed to fix damages caused by students. The university students went on rampage October 15, destroying school property in a violent protest. The students who boycotted classes and poured on the streets of the campus ...

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