Savannah Region

Stories from Savannah Region

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One dead in Makango floods, hundreds displaced 

October 22, 2023
GNA

By Rosemary Wayo Makango (S/R), Oct 22, GNA – One person has been reported dead in the Makango floods in the East Gonja Municipality of…

Social

Roads and Highways Minister inspects collapsed Doli Bridge

September 20, 2023
GNA

By Regina Atule Doli (S/R), Sept 20, GNA – Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah, Minister for Roads and Highways, has visited the site of the Doli…

Science

CSIR-SARI introduces yam leaf cuttings technology to farmers

September 20, 2023
GNA

By Albert Futukpor Kabache (S/R), Sept 20, GNA – A new technology where seed yam is produced from yam leaf bud cuttings instead of…

Social

Mahama congratulates Yagbonwura as President of Savannah Regional House of Chiefs

September 15, 2023
GNA

Accra, Sept. 15, GNA – Former President John Dramani Mahama has congratulated the Overlord of the Gonja Kingdom, Yagbonwura Bii-Kunuto Jewu Soale I, on…

Economy

World Vision holds agriculture market linkages fair at Damongo

September 15, 2023
GNA

By Albert Futukpor, GNA  Damongo (S/R), Sept. 15, GNA – An agriculture Market Linkages Fair has been held to bring actors in the agricultural…

Sports

Bui Talents Development Programme enrolls 10 boys into John Paintsil Academy

September 11, 2023
GNA

By Dennis Peprah Jama (S/R), Sept. 11, GNA – The Bui Talents Development Programme has picked five young boys in the Bui Dam’s enclave…

Sports

Bui Power Authority unveils Phase Two of Talent Development Programme

September 7, 2023
GNA

 By Dennis Peprah Jama (S/R), Sept. 07, GNA – Mr. Samuel Kofi Dzamesi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Bui Power Authority (BPA), the managers…

Politics

Kennedy Agyapong presents motorbike to NPP Founder in Savannah Region

August 21, 2023
GNA

By Albert Futukpor Salaga (S/R), Aug 21, GNA – Mr Kennedy Agyapong, an Aspiring Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has donated…

Social

SEND GHANA presents industrial sewing machines to Salaga Local Prison

August 17, 2023
GNA

By Albert Futukpor Salaga (S/R), Aug 17, GNA-SEND GHANA, a civil society organisation, has donated three industrial sewing machines to the Salaga Local Prison…

Environment

ASERD – GHANA launches project on biodiversity, ecosystem at Damongo

August 3, 2023
GNA

By Solomon Gumah Damongo, Aug. 3, GNA – A project to enhance good enviromental practices and improve the living conditions of communities by using…

Politics

Sawla youth pick up nomination forms for Banasco Nuhu Seidu

July 19, 2023
GNA

By Rosemary Wayo Sawla (S/R), July 19, GNA – Groups of youth in the Sawla-Tuna Kalba Constituency of the Savannah Region have picked up…

Social

NCCE engages youth at North East Gonja District on Violent extremism

July 10, 2023
GNA

By Solomon Gumah Kpalbe (S/R), July 10, GNA – The North East Gonja District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has…

Social

Central Gonja Youth denounce violent extremism

July 6, 2023
GNA

Buipe (SR), July 6, GNA – The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) with support from the European Union has held a forum in…

Health

CIRAWA project launched to create more resilient food supply chains

June 29, 2023
GNA

By Albert Futukpor Buipe (S/R), June 29, GNA – A project has been launched to develop new agroecological-based practices that will build on existing…

Social

BPA presents US$60,000 worth medical devices to hospital at Jama

June 22, 2023
GNA

By Dennis Peprah Jama (S/R), June 22, GNA – Mr Samuel Kofi Ahiave Dzamesi, the Chief Executive Officer of the Bui Power Authority (BPA),…

Social Top Story

Be guided by our cultural values in considering Proper Human Values Bill — Yagbonwura

June 15, 2023
GNA

By Solomon Gumah Damongo (S/R), June 15, GNA – Yagbonwura Bii-Kunuto Jewu Soale, Overlord of Gonja Traditional Area, has expressed his support for the…

Social

US Embassy holds media day on Exercise African Lion 

June 14, 2023
GNA

By Comfort Sena Fetrie-Akagbor Daboya (S/R), June 14, GNA – The United States (US) Embassy in Ghana has organised a media demonstration day as…

Social

New Lepowura enskinned for Kpembe Traditional Area 

June 3, 2023
GNA

By Albert Futukpor       Kpembe (S/R), June 03, GNA – Mr Abdul Karim, a 55-year-old commercial farmer, has been enskinned as the new Lepowura…

Economy Top Story

Women at Dissah community get solar-powered irrigation system  

May 29, 2023
GNA

By Philip Tengzu Dissah, (S/R), May 29, GNA – Some women farmers at the Dissah community in the North Gonja District, Savannah Region, have…

Education

Poor infrastructure reduces enrolment in Jindabuo basic school

May 22, 2023
GNA

By Philip Tengzu Jindabuo, (S/R), May 22, GNA – Enrolment of children in the Jindabuo Basic School in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District is declining owing…