Upper East Region

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Overspeeding, major cause of rising road crashes during festivities – NRSA 

March 28, 2024
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, March 27, GNA – The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) says overspeeding coupled with overloading are major causes of…

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Bishop Agyenta expresses gratitude to laity, religious 

March 28, 2024
GNA

Fatima Anafu-Astanga Bolgatanga, March 28, GNA – The Very Reverend Alfred Agyenta, Bishop of the Navrongo Bolgatanga Diocese, Upper East Region, has expressed gratitude…

Health

No medical officer at Nabdam District, affecting healthcare service

March 28, 2024
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog Bolgatanga, March 28, GNA – The Nabdam District in the Upper East Region has no medical doctor, a situation adversely…

Economy

Farmers in Upper East bemoan poor patronage of local rice

March 28, 2024
GNA

By Fatima Anafu-Astanga Bolgatanga, March 28, GNA – Farmers in the Upper East Region are struggling with the harvest of rice due to the…

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Africa is the hope of Christianity – Pastor Otabil 

March 27, 2024
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Bolgatanga, March 27, GNA – Pastor Mensa Otabil, the Founder and General Overseer of International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), says…

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Calm down! Eastwood Anaba urges 

March 27, 2024
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Bolgatanga, March 26, GNA – Reverend Eastwood Anaba, Senior Pastor at Desert Pastures, a branch church of Fountain Gate Chapel…

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Illegal miners destroying roads in Nabdam  

March 26, 2024
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog   Gane-Asonge (U/ER), March 26, GNA – Parts of a 7.5-kilometre Gane Asonge-Pelungu Feeder Road in the Nabdam District of the…

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Group calls for leveraging indigenous knowledge for development  

March 26, 2024
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Bolgatanga, March 26, GNA – Mr Sabinus Chiravira, the Executive Director of the Spotless Event Planners, an advocacy group in…

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Peace Council promotes peaceful coexistence, social cohesion at Doninga

March 26, 2024
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Doninga (U/E), March 26, GNA – The National Peace Council has engaged residents of Doninga, a farming community in the…

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Former Information Minister, John Tia Akologo, is dead

March 25, 2024
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, March 24, GNA – Mr John Tia Akologo, a former Minister of Information under the President John Evans Atta…

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WaterAid calls for coordinated investment to address water challenges

March 25, 2024
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Sandema (U/E), March 25, GNA – WaterAid Ghana, a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) focused organisation, says Ghana needs a…

Politics

NPP inaugurates Upper East Regional campaign team

March 25, 2024
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, March 25, GNA – The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has inaugurated a 40-member team to spearhead the party’s campaign…

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Fire guts E.P Church building in Bolgatanga  

March 23, 2024
GNA

By Rosemary Wayo, GNA   Bolgatanga (UE/R), March 23, GNA – The Evangelical Presbyterian (E.P) Church’s building in Bolgatanga has been gutted by fire leading…

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Nurses and midwives in Upper East work in red bands 

March 23, 2024
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Bolgatanga, March 23, GNA – Members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) in public health facilities of…

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GNA credibility is widely trusted – Mr Albert Owusu

March 23, 2024
GNA

By Eric K. Amoh Bolgatanga, March 23, GNA – The Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of the Ghana News Agency (GNA), Mr Albert…

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Basic students in Talensi sensitised on operations of police, fire service 

March 23, 2024
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo,  GNA  Tongo (U/E), March 23, GNA – Some basic students in the Talensi District in the Upper East Region have…

Features

Enhance WASH considerations in key national climate change policies, plans

March 23, 2024
GNA

By Dr Bob Manteaw  Bolgatanga, March 22, GNA – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) constitutes a critical sector in the national quest for sustainable…

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Asylum Seekers: CLIP provides solar powered mechanised boreholes to communities 

March 22, 2024
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Sapeliga (U/E), March 22, GNA – Three border communities in the Upper East Region hosting some asylum seekers from Burkina…

Economy

Sorghum Production: Availability of inputs boosts success of sorghum farmers in UER

March 22, 2024
GNA

Fatima Anafu-Astanga Bolgatanga, March 22, GNA – Mr Abdul Raman Mohammed, Manager of the business wing, Akuafo Nketewa Company Limited, Tempane District of the…

Science

Farmers Contribution: PFAG, Akuafo Nketewa discuss pre-season plans, awards

March 22, 2024
GNA

Fatima Anafu-Astanga, GNA Bolgatanga,March 22, GNA – The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), with its collaborator, Akuafo Nketewa Company Limited, have met to…