I put my bottom-dollar behind the creation of Oti Region By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. I was reticent about the creation of new regions in the country, but the regressive agitation by the Trokosi nationalist-sponsored Homeland Study Group (HSG) has convinced me that it is well-nigh time for the materially shortchanged Akan- and Guan-dominated … Read more
Two executives of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Constituency of the Northern region have denied claims that a contender for the District Chief Executive (DCE) post in the area is not known to them. Constituency Women’s Organizer, Madam Mery Zakari and the Deputy Constituency Organizer, Adamu Sakara (S. K.) denied claims that … Read more
Over 300,000 rooms in seven districts in the Northern Region are to be sprayed as part of the Indoor Residual Spraying Campaign to prevent malaria. The 30-day Indoor Residual Spraying Campaign programme will begin from April 25, and end on May 29, in the beneficiary districts, which include Bunkpurugu Yunyoo, East Mamprusi, West Mamprusi, Kumbungu, … Read more
John Dramani came face to face with Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Daniel Bugri Naabu for the first time since the NPP stalwart made scathing allegations against him. The two prominent sons of the North met at the 41st National Congress of the Gonjaland Youth Association held at Sawla in the … Read more
The Northern Regional Security Council (RECSEC), has dispatched a combined police and military team to troubled Bumbruriga, a farming community in the Chereponi district of the Northern Region. A renewed clash between Chokosis and Bimobas on Easter Friday, resulted in the burning of several houses. According to the Yendi District Police Commander, DSP Patrick Kwapong, … Read more
leadership of the Gonjaland in the Northern region has declared war against illegal timber merchants and commercial charcoal burners whose activities of hacking down large volumes of fresh rosewoods and other trees have threatened farmlands and food security, following failures of the forestry commission to enforce a ban placed on the activities three years ago … Read more
The Northern Region Police Command has intensified security at the Gbewa palace at Yendi, in the Northern Region following the arrest of a man who sneaked into the palace with four rounds of ammunition. The middle aged man named Musa Muniru was accosted by the Regent of Dagbon’s security detail after he stormed the Palace … Read more
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the US government’s Feed the Future Initiative and the National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NASTAG), held the seventh annual Pre-season Planning and Networking Forum on March 30 in Ghana’s Northern Region. The event brought together 800 government officials, farmers, agribusinesses, processors, agro-input dealers, seed companies, … Read more
The Diare zone of the ruling NPP and its community elders, have expressed their disappointment in some party leaders and some unknown party supporters at Savelugu constituency, who are calling for one Hajia Ayisha Maame to be the Municipal Chief Executive for the Savelugu Nanton Municipality after she was accused of not participating during the … Read more
The Town Planning Officer for the Bole District of the Northern Region Mr Lawrence Fynn has revealed that his outfit his frustrated and distressed on how the allocation of land is done in Bole town and its environs. Even though Bole in the Northern Region is one of the fastest developing towns in the region … Read more
The Regent of Dagbon, Kampakuya Na, Yakubu Abdulai Andani II, has appealed to politicians not to meddle in chieftaincy issues, since such interferences could throw the sacred institution into a state of confusion and conflict. He said traditional authorities had a responsibility to resolve such matters because the chieftaincy institution had its own succession plans, … Read more
The Secretary of the Small Scale Miners Association in the Bole District, Mr Alhassan Abdul Razak has said that small scale mining activities in the Bole District does not happen near water and so the reason that their activities result in the pollution of major water bodies is not a justifiable reason to ban their … Read more
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Gonjaland Youth Association Mr Mahama Haruna has called on government to apologise to the Paramount Chief of the Tuluwe Traditional Area, Tuluwewura Rashid Sulemana Mahama Bonyansa (I) for what he said is the humiliation the Tuluwewura went through when his house was raided by National Security operatives from … Read more
The family of the late chief of Walewale, Nba Duurana Mutari Mahami, has called on the Northern Region Minister, Salifu Sa-eed, at his office in the capital, Tamale. The call among other things was to officially announce the chief’s demise, which occurred on March 22 at his palace in Walewale. The family led by a … Read more
The Christian Children’s Fund of Canada has launched its flagship project to promote safe delivery and reduce maternal and infant mortality in the Northern Region. The project christened CCFC- PROMISE would also improve delivery of essential health services to mothers, pregnant women, new born, and children under five years. With financial support from Global Affairs … Read more
Male residents of Nyanta a farming community in the Central Gonja District of the Northern region have revealed to mynewsgh.com that they are being denied sex by their wives because in the last 6 years their children are unable to attend school. According to them, the women complain that they cannot bring forth children who … Read more
The District Director of Education for the Nanumba North and South districts, Madam Margaret Zaato, has expressed worry about the effects of recurring chieftaincy disputes on the people in the area particularly students. She said the recent flare-up in tensions, which forced schools to close down traumatized the pupils and students, thus she called on … Read more
The District Director of Education for the Nanumba North and South districts, Madam Margaret Zaato, has expressed worry about the effects of recurring chieftaincy disputes on the people in the area particularly students. She said the recent flare up in tensions, which forced schools to close down traumatized the pupils and students, thus she called … Read more
What used to be a practice in the West and North Gonja districts of the Northern region is gradually creeping into the East Gonja district with chiefs and some security personnel said to be cashing on the situation. The illegal felling of trees for rosewood has resulted in the depletion of the forest cover in … Read more
Fresh charges have been preferred against suspects allegedly involved in the Bimbilla clashes which resulted in fatalities and destruction of properties. Meanwhile, one more person had been arrested and arraigned. The accused persons are Mohammed Kadri, a Casual worker, Sulemana Mohammed Sheriff, a Store Keeper and Yakubu Zubieru, a Tractor Operator and Iddi Abudulai aka … Read more