Two Confirmed Dead In Car Crash At Daboya

Two people died while 12 others sustained injuries in an accident at Daboya in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region, DAILY GUIDE has gathered. The driver reportedly lost control of a 15-seater mini bus with registration number AS 2304-15 which somersaulted, killing two women between the ages of 40 and 45 instantly. The … Read more

GCB Supports 900 SMEs With GH¢23m

GCB Bank Limited has disbursed over GH¢23 million to 900 different small and medium scale enterprises within 12 months. The disbursement follows the launch of the GCB SME Loan Scheme designed to provide short to medium-term credit facilities to the tune of GH¢100,000.00 with or without collateral to reinvigorate businesses. Mr. Ernest Agbesi, Managing Director … Read more

Mahama Wasn’t Heckled In Bole – Northern Region Police Command

The Northern Regional Police Command has denied reports the President, John Mahama was heckled when he visited his hometown, Bole in the Northern region to spend Christmas. A video sighted by citifmonline.com shows a huge crowd chanting “We want John” as the security personnel had a tough time controlling the ecstatic crowd who were bent … Read more

Mahama Wasn’t Heckled In Bole

The Northern Regional Police Command has denied reports the President, John Mahama was heckled when he visited his hometown Bole in the Northern region to spend Christmas. A video sighted by citifmonline .com shows a huge crowd chanting “We want John” as the security personnel had a tough time controlling the ecstatic crowd who were … Read more

One Injured As Police Clash With Youth In Northern Region

Police at Kumbungu in the Northern region reportedly opened fire sporadically injuring one person after they were called to quell an ‘illegal demonstration’ by youth of Dalun who had forcibly taken control of management of revenues accrued from a sea sand winning site after they accused the District assembly of mismanagement. Police in the area … Read more

My Agenda For Dagbon Is Unity, Peace and Progress

President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he is committed to working to bring unity, lasting peace and progress to the Dagbon Traditional Area. “I have said it before and I will repeat it today. I have no agenda in Dagbon other than the unity, peace and progress of Dagbon,”, he said on Friday during … Read more

‘Sodomy’ Islamic Teacher Remanded

The Yendi Circuit Court presided over by his Honour Twumasi Appiah has remanded into prison custody suspect Alhassan Abubakar, charged with the sodomy of three foster children in the Dangbe community of the Nanumba-North District of the Northern Region. Alhassan Abubakar, 65, a Fulani who lives with the boys at his rented residence in Dangbe, … Read more

Nana Addo’s Thank You Tour To Hit Northern Region Today

Nana Addo’s Thank You Tour is meant for the President-elect to thank Ghanaians for giving him the mandate to rule in the last election. President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will today being Thursday December 22nd, take his nationwide Thank You Tour to the Northern Region. Also See: President Mahama To Embark on Nationwide Farewell Tour According … Read more

Man, 35, Nabbed For Attempted Robbery

The Nanumba-North District Police Command has arrest a resident of Kurani community in the district, Npeyin Bonduri, for suspected case of robbery. Npeyin Bonduri, 35, together with a gang of three on December, 14 2016 at about 1:00am attempted robbing some four Fulani nomads, who were sojourning from Kurani to Gushegu, in the Northern Region. … Read more

Nana Addo’s “Thank You Tour” Hits Northern Region On Thursday

President elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Thursday begin a two-day “Thank you tour” of the Northern. He will be accompanied by his vice, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia and other party bigwigs. President elect, Nana Akufo-Addo on his arrival at the Tamale Airport will drive straight to the palace of Nalerigu overlord of the … Read more

Bugri Naabu Attacked

The Northern regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu, has been attacked in his home by some youth purported to be members of the NPP. The incident occurred on the night of Monday December 19, 2016. His aide, Shirad SK, who narrated the incident to Chief Jerry Forson, host of Ghana … Read more

Proprietor Held For Suspected Sodomy of Three School Kids

A resident in Bimbila in the Northern Region, Alhassan Abubakar, is in the grips of the Nanumba-North Police for allegedly sodomizing three minors (names withheld) at his residence. The suspect, who was arrested on Friday, December 16 upon a tip-off from some residents is said to have had anal knowledge of the trio. The three … Read more

Gonja Chiefs Must Not Visit Akufo-Addo

The Gonjaland Youth Association in the Northern region has advised the Overlord of the Gonja Traditional Council Yagbonwura Tutumba Bore Essah I and chiefs in the Gonjaland to cancel a meeting to congratulate president elect Nana Addo for victory in the 2016 elections. Instead the association wants the chiefs to commiserate with their kin, the … Read more

Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District Records Low Post-Natal Attendance

Post-natal care attendance is very low at health facilities in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district of the Northern Region. The district Disease Control Officer, Thomas Suuri, described as worrying lactating mothers’ apathy towards post-natal attendance. “Many mothers, refuse to take their children to the hospital for post-natal care weeks after delivery. Even when community nurses go to … Read more

Child Marriage Rampant In 5 Districts of Northern Region

Five districts in the Northern Region have recorded the highest rate of child marriage considered as a major human right abuse. The identified districts are Sagnarigu, Nanumba North, Gusheigu, Saboba and Mion. This is contained in the report of a survey conducted by Songtaba, a Non-Governmental Organization promoting girl-child and women rights in the Northern … Read more

GCB Bank Limited Opens Saboba Branch

Customers of GCB bank limited in the Saboba district of the Northern Region have been relieved of the risk involved in travelling to Yendi for their banking needs. The Saboba branch will bring banking services to the doorstep of customers in the area and other parts of eastern corridor of the Northern Region. The Saboba … Read more

Bugri Naabu Warns NPP Supporters Over Attacks On NDC Supporters

The Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Bugri Naabu has indicated he will not condone any violent attack by party supporters on members of the National Democratic Congress in the region. He has therefore warned that any member who engages in violent attacks will have him to contend with. Daniel Bugri Naabu expressed … Read more

When A Captain Abandons Ship

If you have sailed before like I did in my heydays, you will realize that the work of a captain on board a ship is similar to that of a commander in an armed force. When things become hot at the war front and the army is about to lose a battle, the commander has … Read more

President Mahama’s Profile

With ‘continuity’ as his battle cry, President John Dramani Mahama goes into the December 7 polls as presidential candidate of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) very confident of securing re-election. His strong Christian principles is playing into his campaign as he constantly tells his supporters , “God is on our side, we shall win … Read more

Profiles of the 7 Candidates

Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom — PPP Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom was born on 15th February, 1953 in Elmina in the Central Region. Education Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom began his education at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Boys School at Elmina. He proceeded to St. Augustine’s College in Cape Coast, where he gained his Ordinary and Advanced … Read more