FIFA has announced the finalists for The Best FIFA Women’s Player, The Best FIFA Men’s Player, and the FIFA Puskás Award. The winners will be crowned on January 15, 2024, in London. The finalists for The Best FIFA Women’s Player are Aitana Bonmatí, Linda Caicedo, and Jennifer Hermoso. The award recognises the outstanding performer in women’s football between August 2022 and August 2023. The finalists for The Best FIFA Men’s Player are Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappé, and Lionel Messi. The award recognises the most outstanding performers in the men’s game from December 2022 to August 2023. The finalists for the FIFA Puskás Award, which recognizes the...
Don’t rig the 2024 elections for anyone – Mahama cautions EC
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has cautioned the Electoral Commission to be forthright in the 2024 general elections. The former President, who is in the Western North Region as part of the “Building Ghana Tour” insists that a credible election is dependent on the Electoral Commission. “They should do their duty to God and country. They shouldn’t cheat for anybody. I don’t want them to cheat for me and they shouldn’t rig the election for anybody”, Mr Mahama emphasised. The former President, who was addressing students of the Wiawso College of Education and the...
GES makes changes to BECE, candidates to write 5 subjects instead of 9
Director of Schools and Instructions Division at the Ghana Education Service, Prince Charles Agyemang-Duah, has announced a reduction in the number of subjects to be assessed during the 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). This decision, reached in collaboration with the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NACCA) and various stakeholders, aims to create a more focused and meaningful learning environment. In an interview with Accra based MX24 at the sidelines of a seminar held in Accra, Agyemang-Duah highlighted the careful deliberation and expert advice that led to this pivotal decision. He emphasized that the previous nine subjects were deemed...
Mahama to pick running mate in February
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that his running mate for the 2024 general elections will be named in February, 2024. He said this after reiterating his comment that he alone cannot decide on who becomes his vice presidential candidate for the 2024 general elections. He says per the NDC’s constitution, the Functional Executive Committee (FEC), the Council of Elders, and the flagbearer will have to meet and go through the list of possible candidates and decide on one. “It appears every region I go everyone has a vice presidential candidate for me. I said in Bono Region that the NDC constitution...
The Lithium contract needs clarity – IMANI
IMANI Africa has said about the lithium deal that there is nothing in the way the contract has been drafted that will increase the odds of lithium refining happening in Ghana in a way that will boost value addition, quality jobs, public revenues, and local businesses. In the view of IMANI Africa, said the current drafting simply says that the company will only refine based on the ‘outcome’ of a scoping study. “Our position is that the common expectations of both the government and the company as to what conditions must exist before refining will be possible must be indicated in some form...
New Force supporters besiege Court as Spokesperson is arraigned
Dozens of supporters of the ‘New Force movement’ have gathered outside the Kaneshie District Court to show support for their spokesperson, Shalimar Abbiusi. Abbusi, a Belgian national, has been arraigned at Kaneshie district court to face charges of allegedly obtaining a student permit in Ghana through false declarations. The New Force has described her arrest as politically motivated. Supporters, donning the movement’s colours, held placards and chanted slogans in support of Abbiusi and the New Force’s agenda. They decried her arrest as an attempt to silence the movement and stifle dissent. She was remanded into lawful custody on Friday, December...
Group demands removal of GRA boss
A group calling itself Concerned Citizens of Ghana is threatening to picket at the premises of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on January 15, 2024, over the continuous stay of the Commissioner-General, Rev. Dr. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah in office. The group contends that the GRA boss has gone beyond the legal age required for a public officer to be in office, hence the urgent need for him to proceed on retirement. The spokesperson of the group, Charles Akowuah, accused the Commissioner-General and the Commissioner responsible for the Support Services Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Ms. Julie Essiam, of overstaying...
We’ll support you to ensure peaceful polls in 2024 – GIS to Dampare
The Comptroller General of the Ghana Immigration Service, Kwame Asuah Takyi, says his personnel are ready to support the Ghana Police Service to ensure that the 2024 elections are peaceful. “I want to assure the IGP that the Ghana Immigration Service will play its role in the upcoming district assembly elections which for us, is a dress rehearsal for the 2024 elections. We know that it is the duty of the security agencies to protect the sanctity of our elections,” the Comptroller General said at a meeting of the National Election Security Task Force chaired by the IGP at the...
15 children die at Tamale Teaching Hospital over lack of dialysis machines
The shortage of pediatric dialysis machines and consumables has tragically led to the loss of 15 children at the Tamale Teaching Hospital. The lack of these essential medical supplies has forced healthcare workers to improvise with adult machines, putting the lives of vulnerable patients at extreme risk. Adam Yahaya Wanzam, the Nurse Manager of the Tamale Teaching Hospital Dialysis Unit, in an interview with Citi News, issued a desperate plea for assistance, urging the government, individuals, and non-governmental organizations to step forward and provide the life-saving equipment and supplies that are urgently needed. “We have lost over 10 to 15...
Import restriction L.I will breach terms of IMF programme – Minority Leader
The Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, has said that the Import Restriction Legislative Instrument (L.I) that is seeking to ban the importation of some 22 items into the country, when passed, will breach the terms of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme that Ghana has subscribed to. Per the IMF programme, he said, the government is not permitted to sign onto any policy that restricts trade. “This beaches the IMF agreement that says Ghana cannot sign on to an import restriction policy,” Dr Ato Forson said during the Moment of Truth series by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Accra on Wednesday, December 6. He further said that Ghana...