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Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Nii Lante Vanderpuye has disclosed that Ghana Football Association President (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi was to be arrested by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on January 11, 2017, for alleged acts of corruption.

Written By Caroline Boateng - The former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, in the undercover recording by Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ Tiger Eye PI and the BBC, told the world that the President is broke.

Ghana Premier League side, Accra Hearts of Oak, has announced the signing of teenage striker, Isaac Mensah, from Division One side Nkoranza Warriors.

Former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi has responded to the Anas exposé and stated he was asked to pay $150,000 to cancel screening of the documentary.
In a press statement, vowing to fight corruption allegations against him following the investigative documentary by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Mr Nyantakyi explained what he said was his side of the story in the matter that resulted in his suspension from the world football governing body, FIFA.

Dear President,

On 6th June, 2018, Investigative Journalist Anas Aremayaw Anas, made public an exposé that showed several members of the Football Association and referees allegedly collecting bribes on tape. Your Government in your own wisdom, was compelled to suspend all activities of the Ghana Football Association, as well as barring its officials from undertaking any duty at the Football Association to enable further investigation into the matter.

Tiger Eye PI, the investigative agency of controversial journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has accused the embattled former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi of clutching at straws when he accuses them of blackmail in the production of a documentary on corruption in Ghanaian football.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Ethics Committee has received the raw footage of the "Number 12 exposé" - a documentary that exposed alleged bribery and corruption in African football which was produced by the investigative firm of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

The ace international investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has decided to report an alleged misconduct by the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, to world football’s governing body, FIFA.

The Ghana Football Association has been dissolved by President Akufo-Addo until further notice.

Four leading officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) who were captured in the #Number12 exposé by investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, have been formally charged with money laundering and racketeering by the police.

Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) chairman Nana Sam Brew Butler and owner of Elmina Sharks FC, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, have been included in Ghana’s delegation to meet with world football governing body, FIFA, as part of efforts to put in place interim measures to allow the continuation of football in the country.

Greed is the purest emotion — Junk bond trader Ivan Boesky

Embattled Ghana Football Association president, Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi, has tendered in his resignation from the post.

The World soccer governing body - FIFA - has appointed GFA President Kwesi Nyantakyi as a member of the board to steer the affairs of its newly established foundation, the FIFA Foundation.

FIFA's adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has banned former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwasi Nyantakyi for life from all football-related activities with immediate effect.

FIFA have cleared Ghana FA President Kwesi Nyantakyi to contest for the World Football governing body’s upcoming Executive Council election scheduled for March 16 in Addis Ababa.

Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi has suggested that radio broadcaster Patrick Osei Agyemang alias Countryman Songo is a liability to media firm Multimedia Ghana Limited and has advised the company to sack him.

The President of the Ghana Football Association, Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi, has debunked rumours that members of the football association influence the selection of players into the national team.

Madam Constance Takyi, Public Relations Officer of the Registrar of General Department, has said, they are yet to receive any official documentation that grants them the mandate to initiate the process of liquidating, which also involves the control of assets owned by the Ghana Football Association (GFA).

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has asked Tiger Eye PI, the investigative agency of journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas to provide them with a copy of his #Number12 documentary which exposes alleged acts of corruption in Ghana football.

Written By Dr. Kofi Amponsah-Bediako During the meeting in Accra last week between government and a three-man FIFA delegation a number of decisions were taken.

The Attorney General, Gloria Akuffo has announced government's plans to liquidate the Ghana Football Association (GFA) because the association in its current state is not fit for the purpose for which it was established.

Ghana Premier League club, Accra Hearts of Oak, have parted ways with First Team Head Coach and Director of Football Operations, Mr. Kim Grant.

Written By Michael Quaye - In the wake of Anas Aremeyaw Anas's almost peerless forays into what is done and kept in secret, it may seem almost unwise to court his attention, and risk what some lawyers and critics of his methods have called ‘entrapment'.

Embattled former Ghana Football Association President, Kwesi Nyantakyi has signalled his intent to appeal a lifetime ban from all football activities.

Newly elected President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurt E.S. Okraku has rallied stakeholders of Ghana football to join hands with him and his team to change the fortunes of Ghana Football.

Mr. Kurt Edwin Simeon Okraku, Chief Executive Officer of Dreams FC has been elected the new President of the Ghana Football Association.

Ghana FA president Kwesi Nyantakyi has been confirmed as the first Vice president of the Confederation of African Football.

Kumawood comedian and actor, Akwesi Boadi, known in the movie industry as Akrobeto, has added his voice to that of a section of Ghanaians calling on the President of the Ghana Football Association, Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi, to relinquish his seat.

Mr Douglas Seidu, the counsel for Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, a former president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and another person, charged with conspiracy to commit crime and fraud, yesterday told the Accra High Court that his client did not demand for $65,000 from Tiger Eye PI as the state has alleged.

Written By Zaya Yeebo - When I watch the current pantomime about the Anas video, I ask myself, have we not  been there before? Are we so forgetful?

The hastily organised press conference at which a Deputy Chief of Staff, Samuel Abu Jinapor announced the president had reported the GFA President to the police, breached a confidentiality agreement with journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

After Nyantakyi's suspension by FIFA, some Ghanaians have argued that the sentence is rather too harsh and that FIFA didn't temper justice with mercy. Was FIFA really harsh towards Nyantakyi? I don't think so.

“For shopping,” says a man, laying $65,000 on a table. “Thank you,” says Kwesi Nyantakyi, the president of the Ghana Football Association, scooping it into a plastic bag.

Each time the Akufo-Addo administration is faced with unfavourable news - usually over corruption, bad deals or something more nefarious - the government finds a way to change the subject of discussion. They do this either by leaking damaging information about the opposition or pulling off some crazy stunt.

Written By Godsway Glah - Since the end of the 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations Cup ( AFCON), the Kwesi Nyantakyi GFA has been put on the front-burner in most media criticisms. The tournament was won by the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun, with our Black Stars in the fourth position among 16 national clubs.

Written By Godsway Glah -The exposé and revelations made in the Anas video about referees, match commissioners and other match officials are important and useful lessons to Ghana football especially the manner in which the game is organized and played.

A delegation of the Government of Ghana (GoG) led by the Minister for Youth and Sports, Isaac Asiamah (MP), today met with a delegation of FIFA officials, led by the president of FIFA, Mr. Gianni Infantino.

The police on Wednesday evening smuggled the Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi out of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) premises, swerving the 'prying lenses' of the media.

President Akufo-Addo has reportedly ordered the arrest of the president of the Ghana Football Association, Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi, for alleged influence peddling, this according to several media houses with knowledge of the situation.

The Executive Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) met on June 8, 2018 and decided as follows:

Former Ghana Football Association President, Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi, has released a press statement on the investigative report by ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, titled #Number 12 that purportedly showed the former, and several others taking bribes.

Seventy-four members of the Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) have been temporarily suspended by the Association, following their implication in match-fixing scandals, in the wake of the documentary by ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, titled #Number12.

Written By Ebo Kwaitoo - I sometimes feel that the over three months that I spent to cover the proceedings of the Dzamefe Presidential Commission for the Brazil 2014 World Cup saga was a waste of time. But I usually take consolation from the deep revelations that came out of both the public and in-camera sittings.

A three member delegation is to travel to Switzerland to meet the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) officials over the recent attempt by the government to dissolve the Ghana Football Association (GFA), after the controversial Anas Expose, which highlighted on corrupt practices within the local football controlling body.

Football's world governing body, FIFA, has given the government of Ghana an August 27 ultimatum to withdraw its application to the High Court to commence liquidation process of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) or risk Ghana being banned from all football-related activities.