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

Resign if you want to contest as MP – NPP to MMDCEs

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

MTN final golf tournament on Dec. 9

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

Player ratings: How Black Stars fared against Egypt in 2018 World Cup qualifier

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

Akufo-Addo's 'old men' behaving like his 'messengers' – Awuni

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

Customs officers expose Finance Minister

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