At least two people have been confirmed dead, with one other in critical condition at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital in the Upper East Region, following clashes in a renewed chieftaincy dispute on Saturday night. The were sporadic gun shots, as some wielded machetes and pelted stones. Even though the cause of the clash is yet to … Read more
At least one person has been confirmed dead, with two others in critical condition at the Bolgatanga Regional hospital in the Upper East Region, following clashes in a renewed chieftaincy dispute on Saturday night. The were sporadic gun shots, as some wielded machetes and pelted stones. Even though the cause of the clash is yet to … Read more
Two people have been confirmed dead and seven others injured in a renewed violent chieftaincy confrontation in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region. Several houses and properties have also been burnt in the incident which started Saturday evening at a funeral grounds at Atulbabisi community in the Bolga municipality. It is not clear exactly what … Read more
At least two people have been reported killed, several injured and a number of houses burnt down in a chieftaincy-related clash that rocked Bolgatanga, the Upper East regional capital, Saturday night. “Everybody is inside their rooms as I speak to you. I peeped through my windows and saw thick smokes going up from some houses. … Read more
Construction of an onion factory is expected to begin in Bazua in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region under the ‘One District, One Factory’ policy of government. The factory will be set up by a Ghanaian-owned Northern Industrial Onion Processing Company in collaboration with a company in China. The factory when completed will … Read more
Construction of an onion factory is expected to begin in Bazua in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region under the ‘One District, One Factory’ policy of government. The factory will be set up by a Ghanaian-owned Northern Industrial Onion Processing Company in collaboration with a company in China. The factory when completed will reduce … Read more
A man, said to be 45 years old, was Monday dawn shot dead during an alleged highway robbery at Yikurugu, a suburb of Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. Zougmore Sulleymane, was said to have been shot by the robbers when he refused an order to surrender his belongings during … Read more
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 and district chief executive nominees miss the required two-third mark as their confirmation tests begin today in the region. The Upper East Regional … Read more
There is seeming tension in the governing New Patriotic Party in the Upper East region, after the Regional Minister allegedly caused the arrest of former Upper East regional chairman of the party, late Adams Mahama’s brother. Nuhu Mahama Akalbila was arrested by the police in the early hours of Saturday, TV3’s Upper East regional correspondent … Read more
There is seeming tension in the governing New Patriotic Party in the Upper East region, after the Regional Minister allegedly caused the arrest of former Upper East regional chairman of the party, late Adams Mahama’s brother. Nuhu Mahama Akalbila was arrested by the police in the early hours of Saturday, TV3’s Upper East regional correspondent … Read more
The Northern Patriots for Research and Advocacy (NORPRA), has accused the Minerals Commission and the security agencies in the Upper East Region of doing very little in the fight against Galamsey. The Association laments the existence of numerous galamsey mining sites all over the region with sophisticated machinery, where people are mining with impunity. Speaking … Read more
The Northern Patriots for Research and Advocacy (NORPRA), has accused the Minerals Commission and the security agencies in the Upper East Region of doing very little in the fight against Galamsey. The Association laments the existence of numerous galamsey mining sites all over the region with sophisticated machinery, where people are mining with impunity. Speaking … Read more
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 reactions. While some supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) expressed dissatisfaction with the nominations, others also jubilated across the 13 assemblies in … Read more
The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, has hinted of a massive demolition exercise to remove all illegal structures put up on roads and waterways, as well as on government lands in the Bolgatanga municipality. Mr. Bukari said the move was among measures to be deployed to secure land for government projects since land acquisition … Read more
The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, has hinted of a massive demolition exercise to remove all illegal structures put up on roads and waterways, as well as on government lands in the Bolgatanga municipality. Mr. Bukari said the move was among measures to be deployed to secure land for government projects, since land acquisition … Read more
Security officers in charge of Ghana’s border towns in the Upper East region have expressed frustrations at the persistent disclosure of classified information in public by drunk informants, saying the lapses are aiding smugglers to run down the country’s economy. The anomaly, which the senior security officers described as a threat to anti-smuggling efforts, came … Read more
The 2016 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Bolgatanga Parliamentary aspirant, Rex Asanga who was hoping to be nominated for the position of Municipal Chief Executive for Bolgatanga has called on party members to support the president’s nominee, Joseph Amiyure to succeed. Mr. Rex Asanga in a press statement issued and copied citifmonline.com on Thursday, said he was … Read more
One of the three aspirants for the position of the Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive, Rex Asanga, has called on the youth of the New Patriotic Party and his supporters to rather unite behind the President’s nominee, instead of misconducting themselves in his name. According to him, in as much as he would have loved to … Read more
The minister for Special Development Initiatives, Hawa Koomson has assured Ghanaians of revamping the Bolgatanga meat factory in the Upper East region which has been abandoned since 1995. The factory, she says, will create employment and alleviate poverty in the region. The Bolgatanga meat factory will be revamped soon to create employment and alleviate poverty … Read more
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 directorate, the situation has compromised access and quality of education delivery in the affected schools and urgent measures must be put in place to … Read more