Upper East Region

Stories from Upper East Region

Social

Media practitioners trained on Gender Transformative communication

August 5, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog Bolgatanga, August 5, GNA – The Youth Harvest Foundation Ghana (YHFG), a youth-focused organisation has organised a workshop on Gender…

Politics

NDC urges government to complete abandoned housing project at Pusu-Namongo 

August 5, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Bolgatanga, Aug. 5, GNA-The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Talensi Constituency of the Upper East Region has called on the…

Social

Builsa North Assembly supports young entrepreneurs with start-up kits

August 4, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Sandema (U/E), Aug 4, GNA – Madam Vida Akantagriwen Anaab, the Builsa North Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) in the Upper…

Social

Charity-based group advocates free sanitary pads for special schools 

August 2, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Gbeogo (U/E), Aug. 02, GNA-The Aide á la vulnèrabillitè, a health and charity-based group in Bolgatanga has appealed to government…

Science

Farmers at Zanlerig-Gane community sensitised on fall armyworm

August 2, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog  Zanlerigu (U/E), Aug 2, GNA-Over 60 farmers at Zanlerigu-Gane Community in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region, whose…

Social

Amend Mining Act to increase involvement, benefits to Ghanaians

August 1, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, July 31, GNA – Mr Augustine Niber, a Legal Practitioner has called on the government to take steps to…

Social

Northern Ghana mining community leaders empowered on responsible mining 

July 31, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, July 31, GNA-Leaders of selected mining communities in Northern Ghana have been empowered on Ghana’s minerals and mining laws,…

Social

Do not report on issues you cannot authenticate – journalists advised

July 28, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, July 28, GNA – Ghanaian journalists have been advised not to be in a hurry to report or publish…

Social

Avoid publishing stories of personal interest -Ajene to journalists

July 28, 2023
GNA

By Fatima Anafu-Astanga Bolgatanga, July,28, GNA – Mr Robert Ajene, Retired Educationist and Chairman of the Media Advisory Committee in Upper East Region has…

Social

Local Government Ministry holds procurement workshop in Bolgatanga

July 28, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Bolgatanga, July 28, GNA – The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralization and Rural Development (MLGDRD) has held a three-day training…

Social Top Story

Power outages are disturbing and worrying – Nab Azantilow

July 28, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Sandema (U/E), July 28, GNA – The Sandem-Nab, Nab Azagsuk Azantilow, Paramount Chief of the Builsa Traditional Area in the…

Health

Afford citizens opportunity to access quality healthcare at all levels – PA

July 27, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Sandema (U/E), July 27, GNA – Mr Eric Ayariga, a Principal Physician Assistant (PPA) at the Sandema Hospital in the…

Health Top Story

Physician Assistants withdraw OPD and emergency services in Upper East Region

July 27, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Bolgatanga, July 27, GNA – The Upper East Regional branch of the Ghana Physician Assistants Association (GPAA) has withdrawn Out-Patient…

Science

Kassena-Nankana Municipal communities acquire tree growing skills 

July 26, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Navrongo (U/E), July 26, GNA – Some communities in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality and its environs in the Upper East Region…

Headline Science

Armyworm infests over 100 hectares of maize in Nabdam

July 25, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog Zanlerigu (U/E), July 25, GNA – More than 100 hectares of maize fields in the Nabdam District in the Upper…

Health Top Story

Navrongo Health Research Centre extends services to Builsa area

July 25, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Navrongo (U/E), July 25, GNA – The Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC) in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East…

Social

Streetlight project for the Zanlerigu-Zoorin community

July 25, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog Zoorin (U/E), July 25, GNA – Mr Jacob Zurobire Soung, the Deputy Director of the Judicial Training Institute, responsible for…

Health Top Story

GRNMA blames low salaries and poor conditions of service for exodus of nurses 

July 24, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Pusu-Namongo (U/E), July 24, GNA-Mrs Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, the President of the Ghana Registered Nurses, and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has attributed…

Politics

NPP stalwart pays electricity bill for GES in Navrongo

July 24, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Navrongo (U/E), July 24, GNA – Alhaj Abdallah Otito Achuliwor, a stalwart of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the…

Social

Caritas Ghana donates to Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese to assist victims of humanitarian crisis

July 24, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, July 24, GNA – Caritas Ghana, a development wing of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has given the Navrongo-Bolgatanga…