Declare Bawku Conflict As Ended
The overlord of the Bawku traditional area Zug Ran Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has called on the government and the security agencies in-charge of arbitration in the Bawku conflict to as a matter of...
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Akufo-Addo’s Nominee For Bawku West Sails Through Despite Protest
President Akufo-Addo’s nominee for the Bawku West District Chief Executive post, Mrs Victoria Ayamba, was on Saturday given a massive endorsement by the assembly members despite earlier protest...
Upper East Region Confirms Seven Out of Thirteen MMDCES
Seven out of the thirteen Municipal and District Chief Executives nominated by the President Nana Addo, in the Upper East region have been confirmed so far whilst the fate of three others is in the...
Pusiga DCE Nominee Confirmed
The Pusiga District Assembly has endorsed the President’s District Chief Executive (DCE nominee, Zubeiru Abdulai. All the 20 assembly members voted Yes, in his favor, representing 100 percent. The...
Assembly Members Warned To Approve DCEs Or Be Sacked
Sources within the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Upper East Region have hinted at plans to hand dismissal letters to appointed assembly members, and have them replaced, should the municipal...
NPP Supporters Label MCEs List As ‘shocker’
The list of nominees for the various Municipal and District Assemblies in the Upper East Region, which was released by the Ministry of Local Government on Wednesday, has been greeted with mixed...
List of Likely MMDCE Nominees
President Nana Akufo-Addo is scheduled to announce his nominees for the remaining Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive (MMDCEs) positions today. Ahead of the public announcement at...
334 Basic Schools In Upper East Still Under Trees
The Upper East Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has expressed worry at the alarming number of schools under trees and those in a dilapidated condition. According to the...
Asphalting of Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom Road Begins [Photos]
The construction of the 116km Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom road, has commenced in the Upper East Region with about 6km of the road undergoing asphalting. The cost of the project is estimated to be over...
Cerebrospinal Meningitis Kills Two Students In Bawku
Two students have been confirmed dead with eleven others on admission at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital from cerebrospinal meningitis in the Upper East region. Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) is an...
2 Students Dead, 11 Admitted In Suspected CSM Cases
Two students in Bawku are reported dead from a suspected case of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM), while eleven are on admission at the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital. The two deceased were second-year...
Ghana Must Start Harvesting Rain – MP
The Member of Parliament for Adentan Constituency, Yaw Buaben Asamoah, has called on the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources to commence the consideration of rain harvesting in the country. He...
Man Arrested After Issuing Fake DVLA Permits For 2-Years
A man in his 50s is in the grips of police in Bawku for issuing fake international vehicle and driving permits to drivers and vehicle owners in the Bawku municipality of the Upper East Region. The...
7 Contest For Seat On Council of State In Upper East
Seven persons in the Upper East Region have submitted completed forms to the Electoral Commission (EC) to contest in the upcoming council of state election scheduled for February 16. The seven are;...
Kwame Nkrumah’s Bombing Site Neglected
As tourism gradually takes centre stage in the country’s foreign exchange earnings, one key touristic attraction that could rake in fortunes for the country but has been neglected is the Kulungugu...
An Advice To H.E President Nana Akufo Addo And Chief Of Staff Hon. Frema Osei-Opare
Our Ancestors say, “if you want to tell something to the gods, tell it to the wind”. The Akans say, “if the party is going to be exciting, the signs are already clear in the morning’....
DCE of Talensi District Assembly Reconfirmed
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Talensi, Edward Awunore has been confirmed again by the Assembly members for a second term. Awunore was nominated in the Upper East Region in 2012. The DCE...
YEA Debunks Recruitment-Scam Label
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has dismissed a longstanding public view that the recruitments of its labour force have always favoured only job applicants for whom the district directors of the...
List of 23 NDC Members Expelled For Going Independent
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has expelled 23 disgruntled members who decided to contest the 2016 elections as independent parliamentary candidates. A statement signed by the General...
NDC Sacks 23 For Going Independent
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has dismissed 23 members of the party who are contesting as independent parliamentary candidates in the December 7 polls. According to the party, such...