Author: TNRgh

It is already sixty days after the controversial Anas Aremeyaw Anas football corruption video titled “Number 12: When misconduct and greed become the norm” was shown by the Tiger Eye Pi on June 6 in Accra and repeated in other cities like Kumasi, Sunyani and Tamale on different dates. We look back at the top fifteen things that have happened as consequences of the video that continue to divide opinion in the country. FIFA Ethics Committee on June 8 provisionally suspended the GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi for a duration of 90 days. 2.The GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi finally resigned from…

Dr Abena Tannor, a physical rehabilitation specialist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has advised parents of children with cerebral palsy to adapt locally available materials to therapy tools for use by their children at home She said: “You can adapt the plastic basin as seating equipment for your child to sit in by cutting some part of the basin and stuffing it with ordinary blanket or wrap the handle of a spoon with bandage to make it bulky enough for your child to use.” Dr Tannor gave the advice when the Special Mothers Project, an advocacy and awareness creation…

File[/caption]  A total of Seventy-four (74)  referees have been suspended by the Referees Association of Ghana (RAG). The named referees were captured in the recent video documentary detailing corruption in football by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas titled “Number 12 : When Misconduct & Greed Become the Norm”. A statement by the Association on Sunday said the decision affected some FIFA referees, Assistant FIFA referees, Premier League referees and retired referees. The referees, the statement said, “have been provisionally suspended pending the final determination of their case by the Disciplinary Committee of RAG”. Below is the statement The Referees Association…

Government will soon introduce a new fiscal regime for the mining sector to ensure Ghana derives maximum benefit from the extraction of her mineral resources, the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has revealed. The paradigm shift in the thinking behind the utilisation of Ghana’s mineral resources would seek to ensure value addition to the minerals mined in Ghana instead of the current system of raw exports, and would also seek to leverage on such minerals to secure holistic national development. Such thinking has already began to reflect in the Nana Akufo-Addo government’s approach to development with the recent passage by…

The General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), Mr. Edward Kareweh, feels vindicated after cautioning that the ‘1 district 1 factory’ promised by the government was unrealistic. The Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo had admitted in a speech on Tuesday that “not every district will have factory within the four years”. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise on Wednesday, the General Secretary of GAWU reiterated that building a factory in every district by the government at all cost can’t be possible. “Building a factory is good but as to every district to have one I see it not be realistic,”…

Joseph Ade Coker[/caption] The Greater Accra chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Joseph Ade Coker has backed calls on persons seeking positions in the party, especially the flagbearers, to run a low key campaign in the build up to the 2020 elections. He conceded that in 2012 and 2016, the NDC had an “expensive campaign”, but noted that the advice for a moderate campaign was not because the party is in opposition. Mr. Ade Coker maintained that the level of hardship in the country, where people are unable to afford three square meal a day, he said, it was…

Dr Eric Asare Bossman[/caption] Dr. Eric Asare Bossman , a deputy chairman at the Electoral Commission, has promised the Ghanaian electorate that the EC would deliver “very fair”  elections at all levels. He told TV3 in an exclusive interview that the transparent manner elections would be conducted in the country would ensure that those voted for are those who get to lead. His assurance on Friday, comes two days after President Akufo-Addo sworn-in Jean Adukwei Mensa as the new EC boss and her two Deputies, Samuel Tettey and Dr. Eric Asare Bossman. A corporate legal practitioner, Ms. Adwoa Asuama Abrefa, was also sworn in as…

Gareth Bale, Marco Asensio and Vinicius Junior showed their ample abilities in Saturday’s ICC match against Juventus Nobody said replacing Cristiano Ronaldo would be easy, but Real Madrid may just have the talent to pull it off. The Portugal star left the Blancos last month, sensationally joining Juventus in a €100 million (£88m/$117m) transfer . Madrid have been linked with a number of big-money replacements for Ronaldo but on Saturday, ironically against Juventus, the Blancos showed they may not need to break the bank for the likes of Eden Hazard or Neymar this summer. The Blancos were disjointed and devoid of ideas for much of the first…

Ghana’s Richard Commey proved too strong for Yardley Cruz as he recorded a convincing win over Mexico’s Yardley Cruz. The Ghanaian destroyed the Mexican in round two on Saturday night in USA in their lightweight contest. Commey, who is IBF number one contender used the fight to stay fit ahead of his yet to be confirmed World title against IBF belt holder Mikey Garcia. With the win, Commey has improved his stats to (27-2, 24 KOs), while Cruz current record stands at 24-11, (14 KOs) Source: Fightnews]]>

Kwaku Addae Antwi-Boasiako[/caption] Chief Executive officer of the Minerals Commission, Kwaku Addae Antwi-Boasiako has bemoaned the fact that Ghana and for that matter Africa has failed to harness its mineral resource endowment for it socio-economic development, and as a result remains poor despite its significant mineral resource. Speaking at the 5th UMaT biennial international mining and mineral conference at Tarkwa in the Western region, he stated that the continent will remain at the mercy of commodity prices until it applies technology, innovation and creativity. “2016 report by SNL Metal and mining shows Africa is leading when it comes to the…