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Central Gonja: Assembly Supports PWDs

Buipe, Ghana – A total of 134 Persons with Disability (PWD) in the Central Gonja District have received various working tools, scholarships and cash to empower their lives and create jobs for themselves. The items include deep freezers, sewing machines, hair dryers, plastic chairs, set of modern mobile phone repair …

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S/R Referendum: West Gonja District Assembly Bars Shops From Opening on D-day

Damongo, Ghana – The District Chief Executive for West Gonja, Saeed Jibril, has ordered the closure of all shops on 27th December 2018. In a letter to all shop owners in the district, the DCE said, he saw this very necessary since voting for the creation of the new Savanna …

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S/R Referendum: John Jinapor Supports Local Coordinating C’ttee With Ghc10K

Buipe, Ghana – The Member of Parliament for Yapei-Kusawgu Constituency, John Abdulai Jinapor, has supported the Central Gonja Local Coordinating Committee with an amount of Ghc10,000.00 to help convey voters who reside outside of the district to enable them cast their vote in the upcoming referendum for the creation of …

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N/R: Vigilante Abdullah Appointed Publicity And Media Committee Chairman For NPP Youth Wing

Tamale, Ghana –  Abdullah Gunu, a leading figure of the New Patriotic Party youth in the Northern Region, has been appointed Chairman of the Publicity and Media Committee of the youth wing in the region. PMC is one of the eight working committees of the NPP youth wing and a …

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Bole Chieftaincy: I Have Not Taken Side – DCE

Bole, Ghana – The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bole Madam Veronica Alele Heming, has refuted claims that she has taken side in the Bole chieftaincy conflict. She also debunked allegations that she has been supporting one faction of the dispute with weapons and local warriors to come and destroy …

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UW/R: Fire Service Trains 105 Fuel Station Attendants And Managers

Wa, Ghana – The Upper West Regional Command of the Ghana National Fire Service, has trained one hundred and five (105) fuel station pump attendants and their managers in the Wa Municipality. The training was to enable participants understand the statutory role of the Ghana National Fire Service as enshrined in …

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UW/R: Women Urged to Seek Safe Abortion

Wa, Ghana – The Head of Planning, Research and Training at the Upper West Regional Health Director, Richard Basadi, has urged women in the region to walk into health facilities in the region to request for safe abortion. He said though he was not encouraging abortion among young girls, but …

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OPINION: One Step Beyond The Crave For A Savannah Region

I write this with an opened and a sincere heart. No malice intended, no partisan inclinations, just a common stakeholder (Kawute) in the land of Jakpa. I do this with an utmost love for the culture, tradition and values of Gonjaland. I eavesdropped in a conversation about a month ago. …

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OPINION: On The Lift of The Ban on Small Scale Mining, Here Are a Few Thoughts

The reason Ghanaians supported the ban on illegal mining were two (2). First was the devastating EFFECT of illegal mining on ancestral river bodies, and the second was the silent inner anger of seeing Chinese nationals in particular, “stealing” and polluting our ancestral rivers whilst people with power looked on. …

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N/R: Sagnarigu Municipality Scores Below 50% at Annual BECE For 5 Years – Report

Tamale, Ghana – For five (5) years running, the Sagnarigu Municipal Assembly in the Northern Region of Ghana, has scored an average of 44.69 percent at the annual Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), that is according to a new research report released by the Centre for Active Learning and Integrated …

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