All 21 suspects arrested in connection with the renewed chieftaincy violence in Bimbilla in the Nanumba North District of the Northern region, will be arraigned before a Tamale Circuit Court on Monday February 13, 2017. The suspects who were arrested from various hideouts in the troubled town provisionally face charges ranging from murder, arson, using … Read more
A refugee situation has been created in Yendi, a second largest but highly polarized city, in the Northern region after a six-hour heavy fighting between chieftaincy factions in Bimbila, Nanumba North district capital left 11 persons dead. At least 30 families fleeing the grinding chieftaincy unrest to Saboba and Chereponi entered Yendi waiting for other … Read more
The Northern Regional Security Council has visited the Bimbilla township to ascertain the extent of damage last Thursday’s clashes caused. The team was led by the Northern Regional Coordinating Director who is currently acting as the Northern Regional Minister for the region, Alhaji Issahaku Alhassan. They also visited the regent of Bimbilla, Yakubu Andani Dasana … Read more
The Northern Regional Security Council has visited the Bimbilla township to ascertain the extent of damage last Thursday’s clashes caused. The team was led by the Northern Regional Coordinating Director who is currently acting as the Northern Regional Minister for the region, Alhaji Issahaku Alhassan. They also visited the regent of Bimbilla, Yakubu Andani Dasana, … Read more
The death toll in the renewed chieftaincy clashes in Bimbilla in the Nanumba North District of the Northern Region has reached 11. The police have found nine bodies in addition to the previous two, increasing the number to 11, with some others sustaining various degrees of injury and several houses set ablaze. According to the … Read more
One hundred and thirty police officers and forty soldiers have been deployed at Bimbilla in the Nanumba North District of the Northern Region to keep the peace in the area and also protect the Regent and others who may be targeted for elimination. Minister for the Interior Ambrose Dery said the dispatch was necessary following … Read more
At least 10 people have been killed in Thursday February 9, 2017 clashes between the Dasana and Nakpa Na factions in the Nanumba-North Chieftaincy dispute. Two people were reported dead on Thursday,but eight more bodies were found Friday morning by a joint security team. The dead comprise seven women including a ten-year-old girl, two men … Read more
Osman Kikaa, spokesperson of the regent of Bimbilla, Nyelinbologu Naa Yakubu Andani Dasana, has called on the government of Ghana not to meddle in the Bimbilla chieftaincy dispute so the rival factions slug it out in court to find a lasting solution to the conflict. On Thursday February 9, two persons were killed while two … Read more
As at the time of filing this report, there was still simmering tension in the area Two persons have been confirmed dead in Bimbilla in the Northern region following renewed chieftaincy clashes in the town yesterday. A number of people were injured in the process whiles some houses were also set ablaze. As at the … Read more
Gunshots were fired in the afternoon of Thursday February 9,2017 Two persons have been killed while two others have sustained serious injuries at Bimbilla in the Northern Region following a chieftaincy conflict there. A mother and her daughter were confirmed dead by police in the area while the injured have been rushed to hospital. These … Read more
Gunshots have been heard in Bimbilla in the Northern Region, Northern Regional Police PRO ASP Ebenezer Tetteh has said. He said the fire exchange is in connection with a chieftaincy rivalry. A school in the area has been shut down as a result of the unrest while a house has been torched. Information about the … Read more
Information reaching 3news.com indicates that there has been sporadic shooting at Bimbilla in the Northern region forcing residents to flee the town for dear life. According to sources, the shooting started between two factions over the enskinement of a warrior chief by of the factions. The opposing faction prevented the new chief from going to … Read more
Gunfire has erupted and schools shut down in a renewed chieftaincy clashes in Bimbilla in the Northern region A house belonging to a subchief has reportedly been set ablaze, Starr News’ Eliasu Tanko has reported. A joint armed security forces have taken over the Nanumba North district capital after reports of the gunshots while mourners … Read more
The Bimbilla District Court in the Nanumba North District of the Northern Region has remanded Tia Musah David into prison custody for allegedly killing his wife with a stick. The accused Tia Musah David, a teacher of the Kasimiah English, Arabic Primary School at Bimbilla, is expected to reappear in court on 1st March, 2017. … Read more
A group of loyalists of the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Sagnarigu District of the Northern region are up in arms against the inclusion of the failed parliamentary candidate of the party in the Tamale North constituency, Hajia Kulsumi Mohammed, in the shortlisted District Chief Executive nominees for consideration by the President. The … Read more
A Deputy Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has joined forces with some angry youth of the party in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the Northern Region, to protest over the selection of three persons submitted for nomination as District Chief Executive (DCE). Mohammed A. Komoah in a petition copied citifmonline.com, downplayed a purported … Read more
A Deputy Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has joined forces with some angry youth of the party in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the Northern Region, to protest over the selection of three persons submitted for nomination as District Chief Executive (DCE). Mohammed A. Komoah in a petition copied citifmonline.com, downplayed a purported list … Read more
The Bimbilla Constituency executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have expressed gratitude to President Nana Akufo-Addo for appointing two people from the constituency for ministerial appointments. Salifu Saeed has been nominated as the Northern Region Minister while Dominic Nitiwul is Minister-designate for Defence. At a press conference in Tamale in the Northern Region, the … Read more
The Bimbilla Constituency executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) have expressed gratitude to President Nana Akufo-Addo for appointing two people from the constituency for ministerial appointments. Salifu Saeed has been nominated as the Northern Region Minister while Dominic Nitiwul is Minister-designate for Defence. At a press conference in Tamale in the Northern Region, the … Read more
Credible information reaching the political desk of abusuafmonline.com indicates former Member of Parliament for Yagaba-Kubori is most likely to be appointed as the next Executive Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS). Mustapha Yussif who was a one term member of parliament for Yagaba-Kubori constituency is likely to succeed Dr. Micheal Kpessa-whyte at the National … Read more