Thursday 30 November 2017

Government introduces bill to scrap tax on lotto winning

Government has introduced a bill in parliament to remove taxes on lotto winnings in the country.

This follows proposals by the National Lottery Authority (NLA) to the Ministry of Finance for the scrapping of taxes paid by lotto agents as a way of

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has directed all Metropolitan, Municipal, District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) who wish to contest as Parliamentary Candidates on the party’s ticket in the 2020 general elections to resign from their current positions in order to be eligible to contest.

According to the General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu, the resignation should be at least

The MTN final golf tournament for the year comes off December 9 at the Celebrity Golf Course at Sakumono.

About 100 golfers from various clubs in the country have been extended invitations to participate.

Prominent among the clubs are

Armwrestling to train trainers in Kumasi

The Ghana Armwrestling Federation will continue it’s aggressive development expansion of Armwrestling as it storms Kumasi to train would-be coaches for the region in “The Training of the Trainer” program.

The would-be coaches will be drawn from

Ghana fielded a new-look side but impressed hugely in the 1-1 stalemate with Egypt at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Sunday in the final match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

How did the new-look Black Stars rate individually against

Some officials in government who are President Nana Akufo-Addo’s peers behave like “messengers” around him, former presidential spokesperson in the Kufuor administration has said.

In his view, the president has “got to put together a group of people who will not be afraid to say: ‘Mr President let’s do this and

It has emerged that, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), could do better, but for certain schemes put in place by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, which is enabling financiers of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) to get away with heavy revenue.

Customs and importers, have separately told The Herald that, but for some of these schemes, which put money in the pockets of the party financiers, as well as the party; GRA, would

Drivers blame Atuabo gas for Atomic Junction explosion

The Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Truck Drivers is blaming the high propane content in gas from Atuabo as the cause of recent gas explosions during discharge at filling stations in the country.

According to them, because of the high propane content in the LPG, the pressure of gas from

E-systems increase RGD’s revenue by 50 %

The Registrar General’s Department (RGD) has disclosed that its revenue has increased by about 50% within three years of introducing an online portal.

The RGD in 2014 introduced the online registration of businesses with the main aim of minimizing face to face business transactions and stop corruption.

But the system only picked up this year (2017) after the Department begun

In the heat of the 2016 campaign Sammi Awuku, Abu Ramadan, myself and some other Patriots visited and interacted with the people of St Francis Training College. In my address to the students, I stated categorically that ” if the next NPP government fails to

Two persons including a staff of the Ghana Health Service are in the grips of the Volta regional Police command in Ho for engaging in an alleged forgery.

This follows a complaint lodged against the two, Bright Paul Yebbi, 32, and Penidas Fordjour, 33, by the outgoing Regional director of the

Former President John Mahama has said the election ongoing in Liberia has generally been peaceful.

He is leading an ECOWAS observer mission to monitor the election in that country and noted that although there were few hitches and late start of voting in some polling centres, the process has been “so far so good”.

“Of course, every electoral system has some glitches, but as the day goes on, they resolve the issue.

“In a few polling stations they didn’t start on time, they started around

U-17 World Cup: Scouts are distracting our players - Fabin

The head coach of the Ghana national U-17 team, the Black Starlets, Paa Kwesi Fabin has raised concerns about the presence of football scouts and agents at the team’s hotel, adding that their presence is distracting his players.

Ghana has had a rather difficult campaign at the ongoing FIFA U-17 tournament in India, because despite qualifying to the next stage of the competition, the Starlets have not played their usual flamboyant style and

Partial results from Liberia's presidential election show former football star George Weah has taken an early lead.

Figures from the National Elections Commission (NEC) put Mr Weah ahead in 11 out of 15 counties, although most votes have yet to be counted.

His main rival, incumbent Vice-President Joseph Boakai, leads in

2018 World Cup: Play for pride - Stephen Appiah to Black Stars

The Technical Coordinator of the Black Stars, Stephen Appiah says the time has come for the current crop of players to play for national pride despite the heavy odds that are against Ghana in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.

The Black Stars will later this weekend find out if the slim mathematical chance they have of qualifying to the tournament is still alive or over, but first they have to beat Uganda in Kampala and hope that

Manhunt for a Ghanaian man who steals at conferences

Information available to YEN indicates that a man, who is referred to as Kojo Smith, attends events, only to take items away.

His modus operandi, according to information available is

The Minister for Zongo and Inner City Development, Boniface Abubakar Saddique has disclosed that the National Security Advisor for the erstwhile NDC government made his life comfortable even when

Equatorial Guinea have been expelled from the 2019 Women's World Cup in France for fielding 10 ineligible players and using forged documents.

The players all took part in qualifying for the 2016 Olympic women's tournament in Brazil.

The latest sanctions come on top of their ban from competing at the 2020 Olympics, which was issued last year.

Fifa has also imposed a fine of

Leicester City defender Daniel Amartey will captain Black Stars of Ghana in the 2018 World Cup Qualifier against the Cranes of Uganda in Kampala on Saturday, Ghanasoccernet.com can exclusively reveal.

This follows the last minute pull out of skipper Asamoah Gyan from the squad due to injury while Andre Ayew was excluded from the squad by

Parliament approves agreement to go solar

Parliament has ratified the framework agreement on the establishment of international solar.

The agreement, which was ratified by Parliament on Tuesday, 4 October will see the country benefiting from an opportunity to access a $10 billion renewable energy loan facility from India.

The agreement, which is for countries located in the tropics, comes at no financial burden to the country.

Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, touting the benefits of the international agreement to Class News after approval was given by Parliament said Ghana's seat of government and the legislature are expected to run on solar power following the ratification of the framework agreement.

He told parliamentary correspondent, Ekow Annan, that: “The Parliament of Ghana and the Jubilee House must all go solar to send the right signals to the rest of the nation that the government is behind it and that is the proper thing to do. Secondly, it reduces the crunch on the national budget so that government doesn’t have to spend all that money.

“Thirdly, it reduces the load on the national grid so that instead of continually adding generation capacity as the population and demands grow, we will be able to manage what we already have. We have hydro and hydro is renewable. The best combination we know and all the research points to is to combine hydro with solar so that during the day, you run solar and at night you run hydro. That way, you are able to expand the possibilities of the dams and also conserve the water in the reservoir much better.

“This is how we think the combination ought to happen. As soon as we deposit the articles of ratification, we become members and then we can begin to tap into the resources…”

Time to tame a moron, Nitwit or Halfwit called Appiah Stadium

All along, particularly in the run-up to the 2016 general election, I tried to avoid attacking this man called Appiah Stadium, a dismissed security man at the Baba Yara Sports stadium in Kumasi. I avoided the guy because he didn’t and still doesn’t matter in the scheme of things. You, my dear and cherished reader knows very well that I don’t suffer fools so gladly. It is only the NDC that will give prominence to a buffoon like Appiah Stadium. When he turned his gun on Madam Anita De Sooso, a former Women Organizer of the NDC and former Deputy National Director of NADMO, I knew it will come to that. The NDC went into the bush and

As the Black Stars gear up for their penultimate 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Uganda, GHANASoccernet.com has been measuring the battle readiness of the 22 players called up.

About 90 percent of Kwesi Appiah's charges were in action for their respective clubs and are in good stead to cause a surprise.

Goalkeepers

Richard Ofori : The former Wa All Stars shot stopper will undoubtedly be chosen as

Weapons cache found at Las Vegas shooter's home

Stephen Paddock, who sent bullets and terror down on thousands attending a Jason Aldean concert in Las Vegas, had an arsenal in his 32nd-floor hotel room and at his home 80 miles away, officials said.

Police recovered 23 guns from his Las Vegas hotel room and

Menzgold not licensed to operate in capital market – SEC

The activities of Menzgold Ghana Limited, an investment company operating in Ghana, has been hit with yet another setback following an announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Ghana that the company has not been licensed to operate in the capital markets.

In a notice published in the

Columbus Crew duo Jonathan Mensah and Harrison Afful will undergo test in the United States after sustaining various injuries in camp.

The two players all picked up knocks whiles playing for their Cub Columbus Crew in the MLS over the weekend.

Both players will be assessed by their Club who will later give out feedback to the Black Stars technical team before releasing the two defenders for National duties.

Mensah and Afful are in Coach Kwesi Appiah’s squad for Saturday clash against Uganda.

Already Ghana will be heading into the game without influential captain Asamoah Gyan as well as his deputy Andre Ayew and brother Jonathan Ayew who have all been dropped from the team.

Failure for the two players to join the team in Nairobi could be a blow for Ghana as they remain vital members of the squad.

Alban Bagbin destroying NDC - NDC Group

Member of Parliament for Nadowli Kaleo, Alban Bagbin, and other members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who have declared their intentions to lead the party in the 2020 elections as flag bearer are destroying the unity of the

Thirty year old Kwame Mensah will spend 20 years in hard labour in jail for taking his libido to another level and defiling a 10 –year-old girl in the

Gay clubs dispatch recruitment letters to churches in Tarkwa

Some churches at Tarkwa in the Western region have been flooded with letters from gay associations.

The motive is for the churches to help them recruit members for the yet to be launched homosexual and lesbians association in the town.

An elder of the SDA Church at Tarkwa Kwabedu, Ephraim Paa Kwesi revealed this on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem programme Wednesday.

He said himself and his pastor received the letter from

Ghanaian doctor successfully performs penile implant

A Ghanaian Sexopathologist specialist at Kumasi South Hospital in the Ashanti Region, Dr. Samuel Amanamah, has successfully performed a penile implant surgery in Ghana.

Dr. Amanamah is the first Ghanaian doctor to have done such surgery in the country.

The surgery was done in collaboration with

The General Secretary of the main opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, yesterday shot himself in the foot by stating that it would be unwise for former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, to vie for the same position again

However, Mr Nketia disclosed that same cannot be said of

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Former Division One League Board Chairman, Kwame Ntow Fianko, says he does not side with people urging the president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi, to contest the next GFA presidency in 2019.

He told Onua FM Thursday that he does not expect Mr Nyantakyi to seek

The Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) has commended the Bank of Ghana (BoG) for instigating and presiding over a seamless process that led to the successful takeover of portions of the erstwhile
capital deficient and illiquid banks, UT Bank and Capital Bank.
The renewed confidence in the sector should emanate from the

Former President Jerry Rawlings has finally broken his silence on the content of an article written by Dr. Valerie Sawyerr, former Deputy Chief of Staff, which described him as an “agitated mosquito.”

The former chief of staff, a surrogate of former President John Mahama, in a rather unusual epistle went after the former president for his continues attacks on the NDC, and reminded him to focus his attention on the

Hearts sneak into semi finals, Wa All Stars progresses at the MTN FA cup

Hearts of Oak qualified for the semi-final of the 2017 MTN FA Cup despite a dull display against Division One campaigners Danbort.

Coach Frank Nuttall made three changes to the side which beat Tema Youth a week ago and the changes greatly influenced the fluidity of the team. The Phobians were far from their best and

Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for more action to be taken against human traffickers on the United Nations World Day against trafficking of people.

Speaking to crowds gathered under the papal apartment window he reminded them of the need to give more help to the thousands of men, women, and children who are

At least five people were reportedly killed and 13 other wounded in the blast near a police station next to the busy market in Waberi district, in the

Germany's bid for a seventh consecutive European Championship title is over after Denmark fought back to win an entertaining Euro 2017 quarter-final.

The pre-tournament favourites - last knocked out of this competition in 1993 - had led when

The Northern Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu has accused the Members of Parliament in the area of fomenting trouble in the party.

According to him, the recent confusion that rocked the appointments of Municipal and

Sulley Haruna, 29, has been arrested by the police for driving a Toyota Corolla he snatched from its original owner.

The car, which by the time of the arrest in Somanya, has been painted with taxi colours, still possessed its original license number.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Joseph Gyawu, the Adentan Police Divisional Police

An 18-year-old occultist and Senior High School (SHS) final year student, whose name was only given as Alex says he needs urgent help to quit his occult practice.

The young man, who was a guest on Asempa FM’s mid morning show, Abrabo hosted by Maame Akua Austin, claimed to have demonic powers he inherited from

In solidarity with the military on the loss of Captain Maxwell Adams Mahama

The nation was stunned by the gruesome murder of a young promising soldier, Captain Maxwell A. Mahama on the 29th May, 2017 by locals of Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central region. My deepest condolences to the bereaved family, especially the wife and children, the 5 Battalion of Infantry and the entire Ghana Armed Forces.

The news came to some of us as the usual sharing of disturbing photographs which sometimes lack credibility on social media. Actually, the pictures posted were

The crack investigative team of the Ghana Police Service has given a blow-by-blow account of

Black Stars midfielder Andre Dede Ayew believes that it is still possible for the Black Stars to qualify for Russia 2018, despite some set backs in the qualification process.

Dede is remaining upbeat about the chances of the Black Stars despite the

Equatorial Guinea has for the first time been elected to the UN Security Council during a vote that saw Ivory Coast, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Peru and Poland also win seats at the

Ghanaians were united in an outpouring of grief since Monday May 29, asking how a peaceful country could become the scene of the world's worst attack on a soldier on duty.

But, Rev. Owusu Bempah leader and founder of the Glorious Word Ministry International has advised Ghanaians to

3 former government appointees cited in $4m ‘chop, chop

The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) is investigating some top officials of the John Mahama administration for allegedly taking $4 million from the accounts of the National Communications Authority (NCA) and failing to account for it.

Disclosing this in an exclusive interview with Joy FM's Super Morning Show host Kojo Yankson, Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid said

The police in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, have grabbed Issah Mohammed alias Issah Koodey, and also chasing his son, Sayibor, over the murder of one Richard Apuri.

The father, the son and

Christian Addo Kuffour who was sentenced to three years imprisonment in hard labour by a Bekwai Circuit Court in the Ashanti region has revealed how ‘galamsey queen’ Aisha Huang armed her with a foreign made pistol to kill intruders.

According to the former aide of the embattled Chinese national, he was caught up with the law after attempting to shoot a Chinese miner with

President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi has warned the Black Starlets against complacency ahead of their semi final clash against Niger today.

Ghana is yet to concede a goal at the competition after

'Go to hell'' Razak Brimah tells critics

Black Stars goalkeeper Razak Brimah has incurred the wrath of Ghanaians after he was seen on video attacking his critics in an expletive manner. The video comes after the Black Stars victory over DR Congo in the quarter-final of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.

In the video which was recorded after the Black Stars’ defeat against the Pharaohs of Egypt, a bitter Brimah takes a dig at national team fans who have attacked him for

Ghanaians could have some relief on how much they pay for utility, especially electrify, in the first 100 days of the new administration, the Energy Minister, Mr Boakye Agyarko has hinted.

This would be the beginning of the implementation of the many policies in the energy sector aimed at delivering efficiently and bringing respite to the Ghanaian people.

Mr Agyarko, who spoke to The Finder moments after he was sworn into office as Minister by the President on Friday, said

An illegal miner whose name has been withheld by the police has been arrested at Manso Adimasa in the Manso Adubia district of the Ashanti region for suspected grave looting.

According Abdul Malik Anokye a local reporter in the area, the suspect is

Sally Yates, who had been appointed under Barack Obama, earlier ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the

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Member of Parliament for Nadowli Kaleo, Alban Bagbin, and other members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who have declared their intentions to lead the party in the 2020 elections as flag bearer are destroying the unity of the

Thirty year old Kwame Mensah will spend 20 years in hard labour in jail for taking his libido to another level and defiling a 10 –year-old girl in the

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