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Savannah Region: Yagbonwura Invites Chiefs to Meeting Tomorrow

Damongo, Ghana – The King and Overlord of the Gonja Traditional Council Yagbonwura Tuntumba Boresa Sulemana Jakpa, has invited all paramount chiefs and a representative each from the various gates from their traditional areas to a stakeholders meeting in Damongo tomorrow Saturday 8th September, 2018. The purpose of the meeting …

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West Gonja: Chiefs, Politicians & Religious Leaders Cautioned Over Interference in Criminal Matters

Damongo, Ghana – The youth of Damongo in the West Gonja District of Northern Region have cautioned chiefs, politicians, religious and other opinion leaders to stop interfering in matters of criminality being handled by the police. They claim it is because the criminals have people who always come to their …

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Tamale Prison Suffers Congestion

Tamale, Ghana – The Tamale Central Prison (TCP) has forcibly accommodated more inmates causing overcrowding. The facility is overstretched as it accommodates over 300 inmates, with a cell housing 30 inmates which is against the international standard of a cell housing at most four inmates.  The prison was built to …

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Nandom MP Honours Scholarship Promise to Best Student of Ko SHS

Member of Parliament of the Nandom Constituency, Ambrose Dery has honoured his promise to one Bogsor Naab Emmanuel, a former student of Ko Senior High School and now a student of Bagabaga College of Education in Tamale. As part of the MP’s drive to improve performance of students in his …

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P&FJ: Nandom District Poised For Bumper Harvest

Nandom, Ghana – Nandom, is poised for a bumper harvest this year as a result of governments flagship Agricultural policy-Planting for Food and Jobs and the good rainfall pattern in the last few months. This was realized during a tour of some selected farms across Nandom by the District Chief …

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Tamale Festival of Praise Comes Off This Saturday @ Central AGC

Tamale, Ghana – A spiritual revival inspired by praise and worship music from different artistes across different cultures is about to hit Tamale this weekend. Dubbed “Tamale Festival of Praise”, it is a gathering of men of God, believers, church leaders and workers, choristers from selected Christian denominations and groups …

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UW/R: Wa Flooded After Downpour

Wa, Ghana – Heavy rainfall in the Upper West region on Friday, 31 August 2018 has displaced hundreds of residents and many properties destroyed in the Wa municipality.The four-hour torrential rain flooded major parts of Wa and its surroundings. Meanwhile, the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO)officials were on the secene …

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Not a Single Psychiatrist in Northern Ghana; Post 2 to TTH – GHS Urged

Tamale, Ghana – Executive Director of mental health charity organization Gub-Katimali Society (GKS), Sheikh Yakubu Abdul Kareem, has implored the Ministry of Health to without any further delay, post a psychiatrist to the Tamale Teaching Hospital. With a population of about 5 million, there is not a single psychiatrist in …

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AfDB Gives US$50,000 For Northern Dev’t Bank

Tamale, Ghana – The Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Development Authority (NDA), Dr. Abdul Majeed Haroun, has disclosed that the Northern Ecological Zone, will soon get its first-ever development bank.According to him, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has already approved some US$50,000 dollars for the conceptualisation process to begin.The …

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