ianni Infantino, the current president of Fifa, has been re-elected to serve another term of four years as the head of the world’s football governing body. Infantino, who took over from Sepp Blatter in 2016, retained his position in 2019 and now, after running unopposed, will continue to lead Fifa until 2027. Speaking at the 73rd Fifa Congress in Kigali, Rwanda, Infantino expressed his gratitude and sense of responsibility. “It is an incredible honour and privilege, and a great responsibility,” he said. “I promise to continue serving Fifa and football around the world. To those that love me, and I...
I have said before that Tiger Eye PI is a terrorist group – Kwesi Nyantakyi
Former Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi has expressed satisfaction with the ruling delivered by Accra High Court, which dismissed the 25 million Ghana cedis defamation suit against politician Kennedy Agyapong brought by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. According to Justice Eric Baah, Anas Aremeyaw Anas failed to provide evidence that Ken Agyapong had defamed him through the airing of the documentary, “Who watches the watchman?” Instead, the documentary exposed shady deals that Anas and his associates were involved in. Anas filed a defamation suit against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament in 2018, requesting GHC25 million in...
Stop forcing Bawumia on us – NPP Polling Station executives tell MPs
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament who are currently going around parts of the country trying to induce delegates with cash to support the candidature of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia should desist from their action, a group of some polling station executives of the NPP has said. The spokesperson for the group Frederick Owusu said that these lawmakers want to force Dr Bawumia on the delegates. He asked them to stop their action and allow the NPP structures to elect a flagbearer who will be accepted by all. Addressing a press conference in Kumasi on Thursday, March...
Rio Ferdinand: I wanted Manchester United to sign Thomas Partey
Manchester United legend Rio Ferdinand has said he rates Thomas Partey highly and even wanted the Red Devils to sign him. Ferdinand has been very vocal on the comparisons between Partey and Casemiro, which has divided opinion among football fans. The former England defender has always maintained the view that Casemiro is the superior midfielder but admits that he rates Partey too. “I rate Partey…I’ve done clips that before he went to Arsenal, I was saying Man United should buy Partey,” Ferdinand said on the Vibe with FIVE podcast. “I genuinely believe he is a top player, but if you keep mentioning Casemiro,...
Parliamentary seats must be reduced from 275 to 200 — Afenyo-Markin proposes
The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has expressed dissatisfaction about the ballooning size of parliament since the 1992 constitution came into force. He has proposed that the number of seats in Parliament be reduced from 275 to 200. Afenyo-Markin believes his proposal will ease pressure on the public purse. Speaking at this year’s GIMPA Law Conference on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, he said “I must say that one critical thing to look at is to put an upper limit on the number of MPs that we must elect each year. It is unpalatable that a small country like Ghana with its...
IES predicts fuel prices to fall between 3% and 10% from March 16
The Institute for Energy Security (IES) is predicting a 3% to 10% reduction in prices of fuel from tomorrow, March 16, 2023. According to the IES, their projection is due to a decline in the activities of price indicators in the last two weeks. The IES in a statement opined that Ghanaians should expect a fall in the prices of all three key petroleum products, i.e, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), petrol and diesel. “…the last two weeks has seen price indicators on both the domestic and international fronts falling and this can translate into some price reductions at the pumps...
Dampare, police professionalism on Ashaiman incident deserves commendation – Sam George
The Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey George has commended the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare following the arrest of the alleged key suspects over the death of a soldier at Ashaiman in Accra. The Ghana Police Service in a statement said it had through a week of sustained-intelligence arrested six key suspects in connection with the killing of 22-year-old soldier who was with the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) band at Sunyani in the Bono Region. Commenting on the matter in an interview on GHOne TV, the lawmaker stated that the IGP and his men deserve...
Ghanaian visually impaired man allegedly stabs wife multiple times to death
Police in the Eastern Region have arrested a visually impaired man believed to be in his 70s, identified only as Mr Amudor for allegedly stabbing his wife multiple times to death. The tragic incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at Abepotia, a suburb of Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality in the Eastern region. According to starrfm.com.gh, the deceased wife, Grace Alifo, was found dead in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds on the neck and breast. It is reported that the deceased woman had threatened to divorce the husband, now a suspect and it is believed that...
I won’t accept road tolls less than GH¢5 – Chair of Parliament’s Roads Committee
Chairman of Parliament’s Roads and Highways Committee in Parliament, Kennedy Osei Nyarko wants road tolls pegged at GH¢5. Kennedy Osei Nyarko believes that setting the toll at GH¢5 will help the government generate more revenue for the country. He was speaking to journalists about the government’s proposed reintroduction of road tolls and said only that amount of money will be considered as the toll rate. “After suspending the road tolls for more than a year, why do we just add 50 pesewas to it? As the Roads Committee Chair, I will not support anything less than GH¢5. I am doing...
58,000 more health workers were recruited for COVID-19 fight – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has disclosed that his government recruited an additional 58,000 healthcare givers to boost its fight against COVID-19 during the peak of the pandemic. Speaking at the National Honours and Awards at the Accra International Conference Center, the president said, following government’s commitment to ensuring the safety of citizens, it took some difficult but necessary decisions including healthcare recruitment. “Our priority then was the health and safety of Ghanaians and that is why we put in place a comprehensive strategy in place to deal with the virus which incidences were unknown, and we were restrained from...