Reports emanating from the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) indicate that the senior staff are divided following the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer for the facility. This follows the refusal of the former CEO of the hospital, Dr Prosper Akanbong, to vacate his post for the newly appointed Dr David Zaawumya Kolbila to take … Read more
The CEO of the Tamale Teaching Hospital has been sacked. Dr Prosper Akanbong, according to Class News sources, will be replaced by Dr David Zaawumya Kolbila, who is a gynaecologist and a lecturer at the University for Development Studies Medical School. Dr Akanbong was appointed in September 2014 to succeed Dr Ken Sagoe at the … Read more
It is still unclear what caused the explosion One person has been killed in a gas explosion at Tamale in the Northern Region. The victim, according to Class FM’s Northern regional correspondent, Mohammed Gaddafi, was burnt beyond recognition. It is not yet clear what caused the explosion at the filling station. A similar explosion occurred … 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
There is chaos in the Northern regional capital, Tamale, as some members of the ruling NPP government known as the Kandahar boys have attacked some government agencies. According to Starr FM’s Northern regional correspondent, Eliasu Tanko, the Kandahar boys beat up workers and locked up the offices of the National Health Insurance Authority and the … Read more
There is chaos in the Northern regional capital, Tamale, as some members of the ruling NPP government known as the Kandahar boys have attacked some government agencies. According to Starr FM’s Northern regional correspondent, Eliasu Tanko, the Kandahar boys beat up workers and locked up the offices of the National Health Insurance Authority and the … Read more
The second phase of the special voting exercise is currently underway in all designated polling stations across the country. Volta Region Citi News’ Volta Regional correspondent, Norbert Akpabli said about 4,813 voters are expected to cast their ballot today in the Volta Region. He said in the Ho constituency specifically, 771 voters are expected to … Read more
The second phase of the special voting exercise is currently underway in all designated polling stations across the country. The first day of the special voting exercise on Thursday, December 1, recorded a turnout rate of 72.69 percent representing 92,231 of 126,875 registered persons, according to provisional figures from the Electoral Commission (EC). Citi News’ … Read more
The special voting exercise ongoing in polling stations across all 275 constituencies, is experiencing some challenges. While the Electoral Commission (EC) is insisting persons who registered for special voting should be allowed to vote at the various constituencies they had been designated to, Citi News’ Fred Djabanor who reported from Klottey Korle, stated that he … Read more
The special voting exercise ongoing in polling stations across all 275 constituencies, is experiencing some challenges. While the Electoral Commission (EC) is insisting persons who registered for special voting should be allowed to vote at the various constituencies they had been designated to, Citi News’ Fred Djabanor who reported from Klottey Korle, stated that he … Read more
Some customers of DKM Microfinance in the Northern regional capital, Tamale, are seeking to place an interlocutory injunction on the payments of depositor claims scheduled for next week Monday, October 17, 2016. The customers are angry over what they say is the deliberate attempt by the Official Liquidator to eliminate their names in the list … Read more
Three persons died on the White Volta at Daboya in the Northern Region while returning from the campaign launch of a National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate. Their bodies, all females, have since been retrieved. Onua News’ Northern Regional correspondent, Zubaida Ishmail reports that the three were part of some supporters who graced Shaibu Mahama’s … Read more
The campaign launch of the NDC candidate for Walewale constituency and Northern Regional Minister, Mr. Abubakari Abdallah was momentarily stopped and nearly failed following a renewed feud between Mr. Haruna Iddrisu and Murtala Mohammed. Haruna Iddrisu is Member of Parliament for the Tamale South constituency and Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, and Murtala Mohammed … Read more