3 Arrested, Several Weapons Retrieved
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with the renewed clashes over land between the Sayeegu and Sambiluk Bimoba clans in a community near Nakpanduri Township in the Bunkprugu/Yunyoo...
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Residents Flee Sayeegu and Sambiluk Over Fears of Reprisal Attacks
Residents Sayeegu and Sambiluk have started feeling the troubled communities for fear of reprisals attacks following the murder of a chief and three others. Women and children on Monday morning, were...
Hohoe MP Condemns Suspension of Nkonya, Alavanyo Chiefs
The suspension of Nkonya and Alavanyo chiefs in the Biakoye District by the Volta Regional house of Chiefs is unnecessary, Member of Parliament for Hohoe Constituency Dr. Bernice Adiku Heloo has...
Government Renews Curfew On Bunkprugu Township
Mr Ambrose Dery, the Minister of the Interior, has on the advice of the Northern Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument renewed the curfew hours on the Bunkprugu Township in the...
Jamong and Jafog Bimoba Clans Deepen Peaceful Coexistence
The Jamong and Jafog Bimoba clans in the Bunkprugu/Yunyoo District of the Northern Region, have renewed their commitment to peaceful coexistence. The two clans in the past gained media prominence...
Interior Ministry Reviews Curfew On Alavanyo and Nkonya
The Ministry of the Interior has slapped a curfew on the Alavanyo and Nkonya following a renewed clash between the two communities. The curfew hours take effective Sunday, April 23, 2017 from 8:00pm...
When Will We See An End To the Nkonya-Alavanyo Feud?
LAST week there were reports of renewed fighting between the people of Nkonya and Alavanyo in the Volta Region. And in the ensuing clashes, two persons were shot dead by some unknown assailants. THE...
When Will We See An End To the Nkonya-Alavanyo Feud?
LAST week there were reports of renewed fighting between the people of Nkonya and Alavanyo in the Volta Region. And in the ensuing clashes, two persons were shot dead by some unknown assailants....
Government Investigates Gun Attacks On Soldiers
Some unknown persons last Friday opened fire on some military personnel deployed to maintain law and order in Alavanyo and Nkonya in the Volta Region. The military personnel exchanged gun fire with...
Homes Demolished In Yilo Krobo, New Juaben Land Dispute
A protracted territorial land dispute between residents of Yilo Krobo and New Juaben in the Eastern region has worsened following the demolishing of several buildings on the disputed parcel of land...
Girl, 17, Killed In Suspected Nkonya, Alavanyo Clashes
A 17 year-old girl has died after she suffered gun shot wounds in the neck in a suspected renewed clashes between Nkonya and Alavanyo in the Volta Region. Joy News has learnt the deceased, native of...
Chieftaincy Minister Defends Suspension of Nkonya, Alavanyo Chiefs
The Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister Samuel Ahiave Dzamesi has supported the decision of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs to suspend the chiefs of Nkonya and Alavanyo. The Volta Regional...
Suspending Nkonya, Alavanyo Chiefs Unfair – Queen Mother
The Paramount Chiefs and Queen Mothers of Nkonya and Alavanyo in the Volta Region, have described as unfair the Regional House of Chiefs’ decision to suspend them indefinitely for failing to...
House of Chiefs Suspend Nkonya, Alavanyo Chiefs Over Clashes
The Volta Regional House of Chiefs has suspended indefinitely, the Paramount Chiefs and Queen Mothers of Nkonya and Alavanyo for their inability to maintain peace between the two traditional areas....
Nkonya Killings Will Be Treated As A Criminal Matter – Minister
The Volta Regional Security Council will hand the recent killing of two persons at Nkonya Zongo in the Volta Region on Wednesday evening as a criminal matter. During a media briefing on Thursday, the...
Nkonya Killings Will Be Treated As A Criminal Matter
The Volta Regional Security Council will hand the recent killing of two persons at Nkonya Zongo in the Volta Region on Wednesday evening as a criminal matter. During a media briefing on Thursday,...
‘Calm Has Returned’ To Nkonya
Calm has returned to Nkonya in the Volta Region a day after renewed clashes led to the killing of two and the injuring of one, the regional minister has disclosed. Dr Archibald Yao Letsa noted that...
Heavy Security As Delta Force Members Reappear In Court
More security officers have been deployed as 13 members of the Delta Force reappear in court today. There is heavy security at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Court as 13 members of the Delta...
Nana Addo To Launch ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ On April 19
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to launch the national ‘Planting for Food and Job programme’ at Goaso, capital of the Asunafo Municipality in the Brong-Ahafo Region on April 19....
Security Heightened In Bumbruriga After Clashes
The Northern Regional Security Council (RECSEC), has dispatched a combined police and military team to troubled Bumbruriga, a farming community in the Chereponi district of the Northern Region. A...