Schools in the Tatale Township of the Tatale-Sangule District in the Northern Region have been closed down following tribal tensions between the Kokombas and the Bassares. This follows a demonstration staged by some Bassare youth against the Paramount Chief in the area for his alleged role in influencing the government’s decision to choose a Kokomba … Read more
Schools and some health centers were closed down on Monday following an escalated inter-ethnic tensions between the Konkomba and Bassare tribes in Tatale, a district capital in Northern Ghana, 2km from the Ghana border with Togo. Students, health officials, teachers and other professionals fled the township overnight over a claim that a man had been … Read more
A joint security team has been deployed to Tatale in the Tatale Sanguli District in the Northern Region to maintain law and order in the area following hightened tensions between the Bassare and Kokomba (the two major ethnic groups) in the area. The security personnel were deployed from the Yendi military detachment and police commands … Read more
For the first time in about ten years, chieftaincy feuding factions among Nanumbas in the Northern Region have met in a bid broker peace among themselves. The people have been not seen peace in Nanumba North following the deaths of two chiefs in the area, Nakpa Na Dawuni Salifu, who died a natural death on … Read more
Calm has been restored to the Tatale Constituency in the Northern Region, after inter-ethnic clashes between the Bassares and Konkombas on Friday. The clash followed a demonstration against the paramount chief of the area on Thursday, and threats to kill Kokombas if a District Chief Executive (DCE) was not appointed from the Bassares lineage. Last Thursday, … Read more
Calm has been restored to the Tatale Constituency in the Northern Region, after inter-ethnic clashes between the Bassares and Konkombas on Friday. The clash followed a demonstration against the paramount chief of the area on Thursday, and threats to kill Kokombas if a District Chief Executive (DCE) was not appointed from the Bassares lineage. Last Thursday, … Read more
Three Northern chiefs, one of them a professor, have expressed interest in vying for the membership of the Council of State. The chiefs are Professor Samuel Yakubu Nantogmah, whose traditional title is Bo-Naa, the Kpembewura Banbagna Ndefeso IV, Paramount and Chief of the Tuluwe Traditional Area of Gonja, Tuluwewura Sulemana Bonyansa. Professor Samuel Yakubu Nantogmah … Read more
Police in the Tatale Sanguli district of the Northern Region have beefed up security to avert a possible ethnic conflict between the Basari and the Konkombas tribes. Police officers have been deployed from Yendi to join their counterparts in Tatale whilst the military has been dispatched to the area as well. Speaking to Joy News … Read more
Mr. Ambrose Dery, the Minister-nominee for Interior, has on the advice of the Northern Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument, renewed the curfew hours on the Bunkpurugu Township in the Northern Region. This was contained in a statement signed by the Minister-designate on Tuesday. “Government continues to urge chiefs, opinion leaders, youth and people … Read more
The hearing of the case involving Alhaji Alhassan Imoro, the former Executive Director of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) and 34 others implicated in the massive fraud that hit the Scheme last year could not continue at an Accra High Court (Economic, Financial and Tax Division) yesterday. This was because Dr. Michael Kpessah Whyte, the … Read more
Paramount Chief of the Tuluwe Traditional Area of Gonja, Tuluwewura Sulemana Bonyansa (I) has expressed interest to contest as the Northern Regional representative (elected) for the Council of State. The Electoral Commission (EC) has set Thursday, February 9, 2017, as the date to hold elections for the regional representatives to the Council of State and … Read more
Eagle Eye International would like to begin this paper with a brief background history of both Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the president elect of the Republic and President John Dramani Mahama, the outgoing president. Akufo-Addo was born on 29th March 1944 in Accra, Ghana, to a prominent Ghanaian royal and political family as the son … Read more
Eleven Ghanaians have reportedly been murdered in Togo. It is not clear who committed the act but Police sources in Togo say Ghanaian passports and voters’ ID cards were found on the bodies. The victims, who were beheaded and shot, are believed to be Bimoabas living around Bunkprugu and Chereponi in the Northern region. They … Read more
President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will be sworn into office tomorrow, January 7, 2017. He will become the fifth President of the Fourth Republic. We bring you brief profiles of the previous First Families. Jerry John Rawlings Jerry John Rawlings was the first President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He was born on June … Read more
I would like to begin this paper with a brief background history of both Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, the president elect of the Republic and President John Dramani Mahama, the outgoing president. Akufo-Addo was born on 29th March 1944 in Accra , Ghana, to a prominent Ghanaian royal and political family as the son … Read more
One of the issues that convinced me that the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government stood to have achieved next to nothing by the end of its 4-year tenure, had to do with the regime’s excessive focus on physical plants or school buildings, as opposed to creating facilities and avenues for the teeming number of … Read more
Residents of Saboba in the Northern Region have called on authorities to as a matter of urgency establish a fire station in the district. According to one of the residents, Mathias Licho, the constituency still depends on the Yendi fire station anytime there is a fire outbreak. The constituents believe a fire station situated in … Read more
Police in Damongo in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region will be on the lookout for illicit arms following clashes between two factions in the area in the early hours of Thursday. The West Gonja District Police Commander, ASP Seidu Wemah, described the proliferation of unregistered small arms in the areas as a … Read more
Police in Damongo in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region will be on the lookout for illicit arms following clashes between two factions in the area in the early hours of Thursday. The West Gonja District Police Commander, ASP Seidu Wemah, described the proliferation of unregistered small arms in the areas as a worrisome … Read more
The King maker of Damango in West Gonja district in the Northern region Alhaji Abass Dangba has been attacked with fire wood by some people suspected to be a members of over lord of Gonja land traditional area, Yagbon Wura Tutumba Borasa I. This attack on Alhaji Abass Dangba comes after a candidate chosen and … Read more