The old-timer politician widely hailed as “Buhari” for his no-nonsense charisma, Rockson Ayine Bukari, has taken over the reins of power as the Upper East Regional Minister following the approval of the Parliamentary Vetting Committee. Wednesday’s arrival in the region of the strict but good-humoured disciplinarian, whose name is only a ‘k’ in the middle … Read more
The 2016 election campaign of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper East region has officially taken off with a directive on supporters to first of all sweep the party clean of internal strife before the polls. Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur issued this directive Thursday at the inauguration of the party’s regional … Read more
Kusasis in Bawku have levelled strong accusations at the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for what they say could plunge the area back into the ethnic warfare that once tore the municipality and its environs apart. There is a decades-long power struggle between the Kusasi and the Mamprusi … Read more