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Nandom, Ghana – The Dagara tribe in the Upper West Region of Ghana have been encouraged to maintain a new directive by traditional leaders to perform all funerals within a maximum of two days. According to the Coordinator of the Dagara Culture and Heritage Preservation Project, J. P. Ziem in …

Nandom, Ghana – Coordinator of the Dagara Culture and Heritage Preservation Project (The Dagara Project), J.P. Ziem has urged all Dagara people to disentangle themselves from dangerous habits that have the tendency to cut short their lives in 2021. He said habits such as drugs and alcohol abuse for instance …

Damongo, Ghana – As Ghanaians held religious events to commemorate the New Year (2021), Savannah Regional Secretariat of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Friday January 1, organized special Islamic prayer in Damongo. Renowned Islamic Clerics in the region and beyond participated in the event spearheaded by the Regional …

Tamale, Ghana – Mohammed Haruna, an MTN Mobile Agent in Buipe in the Savannah Region, has been adjudged the overall winner of the 2020 MTN Momo Awards for Northern Ghana. The Manager of Quicktel Ventures was awarded alongside 30 MTN Merchants, Agents, Mobile Agents and Area Accounts Developers in Tamale …

Tamale, Ghana – The Business Development Minister, Dr Ibrahim Mohammed Awal continues to support institutions and entrepreneurs to overcome their myriad challenges. The latest to benefit from his generosity is the Tamale Nursing and Midwifery Training College where the Minister personally donated a 50KV standby generation plant. This is to …

Tamale, Ghana – A Principal Midwifery Officer in-charge of the Labour Ward at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH), Hajia Zainab Yahaya, has implored corporate and charity organisations to emulate MTN Ghana’s corporate social responsibility effort. According to her, for about 10 successive years, the telecommunication company had continued to present …

On National Peace Council, Religious Leaders and CSOs! The current national peace council executives were just recently sworn in. The executive secretary is new the chairperson is just a few months in post. The first question is why was their appointment delayed till this time? The NPC chair is not …

Zebilla, Ghana – The Concerned Patriots of the New Patriotic Party in Zebilla in the Upper East Region of Ghana, has accused the constituency chairman and the constituency secretary for causing the embarrassing defeat of the party at the just ended 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. “Ladies and gentlemen, It’s …

Dear reader, kindly note that this story was first published in The Daily Dispatch and The ADVOCATE Newspapers in 2011. Francis-Xavier – The Truck Pusher Now Turned Lawyer If you are one of those who have never understood what the aged mean when they express the adage “Never despise smaller …

In the Ghanaian academic parlance, a “shark” is a commonly used term that refers to someone who is exceptionally brilliant and usually comes atop in his/her class in terms of academic performance. Sharks usually pass their examinations with distinction to the admiration of their colleagues, teachers, and all well-meaning school …