The Kassena Nankana District Assembly has failed to endorse the President’s nominee, Williams Aduum as its new Municipal Chief Executive (MCE). Of the 50 members of the assembly present and voted, 33 voted ‘Yes’, in his favour, representing 66 percent while 17 voted against his nomination. The exercise was supervised by the Municipal Electoral Commission … Read more
The Headmistress of Navrongo Senior High School (NAVASCO), in Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region, Francisca Yizura, has disclosed that all suspended final year students of the school are to report to school today [Monday] 20th March 2017. According to her, a meeting held on Saturday 18th March by the Kassena-Nankana municipal director and the … Read more
Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) under the Eagle Farmer Project has provided a mechanized solar powered borehole and a furrow irrigation facility for the people of Nabio in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region. The project is aimed at providing portable drinking water and irrigation facilities to enable farmers’, from whom they source their … Read more
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) tasked experts to investigate the depressing deaths of mothers and babies in the Upper East region and the resulting findings have sent heads into a spin. Among the factors responsible for the gross loss of mothers and newborns in the region, alleged abuse of expectant mothers, dished out to … Read more
Export earnings from shea butter products last year reached US$64 million, up from US$52 million in 2014, a 23 percent growth over the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA). In 2014, the sector recorded a growth rate of about 100 percent in export earnings when it increased … Read more
Export earnings from shea butter products last year reached US$64 million, up from US$52 million in 2014, a 23 percent growth over the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA). In 2014, the sector recorded a growth rate of about 100 percent in export earnings when it increased … Read more
Heavy rains have affected flood-prone areas of the Upper East Region. Most residents of the Upper East Region are still counting their losses, following Wednesday’s torrential rains that lasted for almost ten hours. Business activities in Bolgatanga and its catchment areas, have been greatly affected. The downpour which began around 4:30 am, resulted in flooding, … Read more