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Salaga, Ghana – Police personnel have been deployed to the East Gonja District of the Northern Region in search of Asuma Sulley, a teacher at the Salaga Senior High School for allegedly shooting a student. Drumbeatsgh.com.com gathers that the victim, Mohammed Abdul- Rauf, 18, a final year student of the Salaga Senior …

Tamale, Ghana – The national youth leaders of the Abudu and Andani royal families of Dagbon in the Northern Region have made a clarion call to their colleagues to end their prolonged chieftaincy dispute.They have called on all members of both royal families to support the implementation of the roadmap …

In our series of letters from African writers, Ghanaian journalist Elizabeth Ohene says the government should ban funerals for people who fail to pay taxes.There is a saying, attributed to American founding father Benjamin Franklin, that there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes.Over here in Ghana, we …

Zebilla, Ghana – Two new 3-unit classroom blocks have been inaugurated at Bulinga Primary School and Guzongo Primary School in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region of Ghana. This was through the efforts of Frank Fuseini Adongo, Deputy Minster for Upper East Region and Member of Parliament …

Bimbilla, Ghana – As part of the global campaign against violence, over 900 women groups in the Nanumba District of the Northern Region have presented a petition to the District Chief Executive (DCE) Abdulai Yaqoub. Women in rural areas are often marginalized in the management of the home. They have …

Koforidua, Ghana – The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Dr. Kwame Adu Nsiah has said that the Government has solid plans to migrate the Junior High Schools (JHS) onto the school feeding programme immediately when all the primary schools in Ghana are fully covered. He said …

Accra, Ghana – A proxy war by interests groups for the Yendi Constituency of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on social media has taken a worrying turn. Social media activists have not helped matters with an assortment of name-calling and mudslinging posts. The Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MASLOC …

Accra, Ghana – Group Chairman of the McDan Group, Dr. Daniel McKorley has said Ghana is fast losing the battle for quality and relevant Education. Dr. McKorley who was a guest speaker at the 2018 edition of the SME and Young CEO’s Summit explained that “our ability to become competitive …

Tamale, Ghana – The Northern Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Alhaji Abdul Razak, has observed that if Ghanas business sector is going to grow then citizens would have to an enabling environment devoid of corruption. He said the biggest issue currently confronting private sector development …

Tamale, Ghana –  Representatives of the paramount chiefs of Buipe, Wungu and the Janga traditional areas in the Central Gonja and West Mamprusi Municipality of the Northern Region, have given assurances that women who need land for agricultural purposes would receive the necessary support in order to maximise the full …