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Deputy CEO of MASLOC Receives International Award

Accra, Ghana – A Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Abibata Shanni Mahama Zakariah (Mrs.), has received the Global Female Leadership Impact Award and inducted into the Global Women Leaders Hall of Fame (GWLHOF), 2017. She was also named among the Top 100 Most Influential Women …

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Suhuyini Alleviates Plight of Women And Children

Sagnarigu, Ghana –  The Member of Parliament for Tamale North Constituency, Alhaji Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini, has handed over a Reproductive and Child Health Services Centre to the Sagnarigu Municipality Health Directorate. The gesture by the former Broadcaster was in fulfilment of a 2016 election campaign promise he made to management …

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The Creation Of Additional Regions In Ghana And Matters Arising

Background Ghana has moved from 3 Colonial Territories to 10 administrative Regions. The latest being the Upper West Region, carved out of the then Upper Regions. It was officially inaugurated in 1987 but which was created in 1982 before the 1984 Population Census. Prior to the creation of the Upper …

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A & G Agromechanical Industries: The Emerging Revolutionary in Ghana’s Agric Sector

Tamale, Ghana – There is a wind of progress blowing across the agricultural sector of Ghana as one of the leading importers of farm machinery in the country, A & G Agromechanical Industries Limited, is set to open a modern tractor assembling plant in Tamale. Lack of local agricultural engineers …

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Abanga Farms Lead Change in Commercial Rice Production in Northern Ghana

Tamale, Ghana – A new dawn in commercial rice production is currently taking place in Northern Ghana, a development some agricultural and food security analyst consider as good news for the entire North and the country Ghana in general. Abanga Farms, a subsidiary of A & G Agromechanical Industries Limited …

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Rumours On The Sale Of One Of The Surviving Parks in Tamale

I was born in an area where the present day Tamale evolved. Specifically, I was in a suburb called Dagban Dabi Fong or Bugulana Fong, literally translated as ‘the suburb of Dagomba men’ in the case of the former or ‘the suburb of the Chief Priest’ in the case of …

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Find Out Why The Status Quo Between Gonjas And Vaglas Should Remain

I read the statement below written by my brother Richard Forgor and pasted on many social media (facebook and whatsapp) platforms; “The committee set up by the Overlord of Gonjaland to oversee the creation of the new region headed by Buipe Wura Jinapor II has assured they will will include …

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Minister Urges Ghanaians to Put Nation First in 2018

Accra, Ghana – Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Anthony Abayifaa Karbo has appealed to Ghanaians to put the interest of the country first as the world races into 2018. In his New Year message, he advised that Ghana’s interest must prominently feature in the resolutions of the citizenry to …

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Tales From The ‘Village Girl’ of Danko

From the days of my childhood faraway in a village called Danko, a suburb of Eremon in the Upper West Region of Ghana, my imagination about what the cities looked and what kinds of people lived there, were satisfying. In order to put an end to my wild curiosity, I envisaged that perhaps people who …

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Administrator of TTH Appeal to MTN for Assistance to Renovate Old Gynecology Ward

Tamale, Ghana –The Administrator of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Renous Awuah, has made a passionate appeal to MTN Ghana to assist management to renovate an old gynecology ward. According to him, the inadequate space and facilities in the Obstetrics and Gynecology unit was …

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