Some aggrieved men said to be members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have vandalised state properties at the Bawku West District Assembly over speculations that a candidate they dislike has been nominated as District Chief Executive. The group, alleged to be loyalists of one of the three candidates vying for the DCE position … Read more
Ahead of the announcement of Municipal and District Chief Executive nominees by the President, the Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Ayine Bukari, has called on all aspirants who may not be lucky, to accept whoever will be announced as nominee for the position of Municipal or District Chief Executive, in their respective Municipalities and Districts. … Read more
The Paramount Chief of the Bawku traditional area, Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has pledged the unflinching support of his traditional area to the Akufo-Addo government to successfully execute its development agenda. Naba Azoka II lauded President Akufo-Addo for continuing certain projects of the previous government especially the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom road and the Temmne dam among … Read more
A police officer with the Garu police command in the Upper East Region, Constable Peace Agbemefo, was found dead in her room on Monday afternoon with a gunshot wound. The Garu police commander, ASP Alexander Tieku confirmed the death to Citi News but declined to comment on the matter adding that, the death had been reported to … Read more
A police officer, Constable Peace Agbemafo, has shot and killed herself with an AK 47 assault rifle, behind closed doors, in the Garu-Tempane District of the Upper East region. Starr News gathered that the deceased law enforcer was lying on the floor at her residence, soaked in a pool of blood, that spurted from her … Read more
The Bolgatanga Magistrate Court presided by Mr Osman Abdul-Hakeem, has begun an exercise to prosecute landlords who do not have toilet facilities attached to their buildings. This follows a directive from the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council in February to the Environmental and Sanitation Unit of the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly, to strictly enforce the by-laws … Read more
Starr News has learnt that a 34-year-old staunch supporter of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) who reportedly had one of his legs crushed by a pickup during a campaign rally at Bawku in 2016 has been abandoned to his fate. Hardi Akalifa, a father of two girls, is into his 6th month at the … Read more
Residents of Tindonmolgo, a suburb of Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region, are appealing to the Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari and the Regional Police Command, to clamp down on illegal miners in the region. According to the concerned residents, the emerging illegal mining in the community has led to pupils and students dropping out of … Read more
Paga, Ghana’s border town close to Burkina Faso, has been thrown into a state of shock after a proprietor of a filling station pulled out a pistol and lodged a bullet in the head of a pump attendant at a rival filling station. Osman Paregavwa, who is now in police cells, is said to have … Read more
Paga, Ghana’s border town close to Burkina Faso, has been thrown into a state of shock after a proprietor of a filling station pulled out a pistol and lodged a bullet in the head of a pump attendant at a rival filling station. Osman Paregavwa, who is now in police cells, is said to have … Read more
Party Elders of the New Patriotic Party in the Bawku Central Constituency in the Upper East Region Party Elders and Opinion Leaders of the New Patriotic Party in the Bawku Central Constituency in the Upper East Region, have sent a strong caution to the Constituency Chairman, Yussif Salifu to desist from any attempt to impose … Read more
A 72 year old man has been killed by unidentified persons at Sapeliga, a suburb of Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. Issaka Deni, a watchman and said to be 72 years, was found lying dead in a pool of blood at the outskirt of Sapeliga on April 14, the … Read more
MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for Garu Constituency in the Upper East Region, Hon. Albert Alalzuuga Akuka, has called on government to help complete a district hospital which was started by the erstwhile Mahama administration to bring healthcare to the door-step of the people. According to him, the lack of easy access to health facilities in the … Read more
Member of Parliament (MP) for Garu Constituency in the Upper East Region, Hon. Albert Alalzuuga Akuka, has called on government to help complete a district hospital which was started by the erstwhile Mahama administration to bring healthcare to the door-step of the people. According to him, the lack of easy access to health facilities in … Read more
An Advocacy group on good governance based in the Upper East Region has commended President Nana Akufo-Addo for appointing some indigenes from the region as ministers. The group known as BONABOTO, an acronym for Bolgatanga, Nangodi, Bongo and Tongo people who form the group. Those appointed as ministers are Mr Kofi Adda, Minister for Water … Read more
The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Ayine Bukari, has commended Brazilian Construction Company, Queiroz Galvao, for working hard to construct the Bolgatanga-Bawku Road. The contractor, prior to the 2016 general elections, moved from the Tamale Airport to the Bolgatanga-Bawku road, but left the site after former President John Daramani Mahama cut sod for work to … Read more
The rehabilitation and expansion works on the Bolgatanga- Bawku road is facing big challenges due to the refusal of settlers along the road to move to make way for the work to be done well. Mr Francis Hammond, Chief Resident Engineer in charge of Supervision for the Galvaro Construction Firm, which is carrying out the … Read more
The construction of the 116km Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakom road, has commenced in the Upper East Region with about 6km of the road undergoing asphalting. The cost of the project is estimated to be over GHs600 million, stretching through six constituencies. When completed, the road will address the difficulties drivers go through when plying the Bolga-Bawku road. It … Read more
No fewer than 400 structures in the Upper East region have been marked for demolition amid the ongoing reconstruction of the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulmakon Road, engineers have announced. The imminent destruction, notwithstanding a compensation package that may accompany it, would leave a sour taste in a thousand mouths when the same bulldozers that sparked widespread celebrations at … Read more
Several persons have been left injured with two hospitalized after four armed robbers on Monday evening stormed a local supermarket at Sandema in the Upper East Region. The four masked robbers at about 5:30 pm posed as potential customers wanting to purchase goods from the super market, but in a ‘Rambo style’ took attendants hostage, … Read more