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Tamale, Ghana – The Aljazeera vigilante group linked to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Northern Region, on Saturday, 3 November 2018 attacked some executives of the party and violently disrupted an ongoing meeting.About a dozen members of the group stormed the Global Dream Hotel and destroyed furniture …

Tamale, Ghana – Many female farmers in the Northern, Upper West and Upper East Regions of Ghana have complained about their inability to participate in the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme and other policies being implemented by the Akufo-Addo government.In six farming communities of the three regions up …

Sagnarigu, Ghana – The 2018 African Youth Day has been commemorated in 10 regions of Ghana with a call on the youth to join the discourse and debate on ending corruption in the country. The fight against corruption over the years has been led largely by state and government machinery …

Wa, Ghana – The Wa Constituency Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana, Chairman Ali Kamara, has bemoaned the recent activities of Australia mining company Azuma Resources Limited which has been prospecting for gold in the Upper West Region for about seventeen years now. The recent brutality …

Tamale, Ghana – A new survey conducted in three districts in the Northern Region of Ghana has uncovered that, eight (8) out of 10 pupils in primary 6 in those districts cannot do class 2 level tests in numeracy and literacy. The report of the survey which was released on Thursday …

Wa, Ghana – The Upper West Regional Coordinator for Mental Health Mr. Randy Sedem, has revealed that 1,400 persons in the Region have been diagnosed with epilepsy this year from January to June 2018. He described the development as “sad to note that even though epilepsy is not a mental …

Goripie Saeddiyya Primary School Wa, Ghana – The lower primary pupils of Goripie Saeddiyya Primary school in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region sit on bare floors to obverse classes due to lack of furniture. The situation is very worrying and has made teaching and learning very …

Tamale, Ghana – New Patriotic Party Northern Regional Director of Communications, Mohammed Issah, has rejected claims by former President John Mahama that the Nana Addo’s government has abandoned projects he initiated projects. In his recent tour of the Northern Region as flag bearer hopeful, Mr. Mahama accused government of neglecting …

Colleagues, friends, relations and particularly my students, I have been home since August 17, 2018. That is nearly two months. That is a very long time in the life of a senior academic and a university administrator. I wish to thank you sincerely for your unflinching support. I owe you …

Sombo, Ghana – Former President John Mahama has paid a visit to the family of fellow flag bearer contender Alban Bagbin at Sombo in the Upper West Region, to console the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament over the death of his younger brother Luke Bazin Bagbin.Mr Mahama said even though …