Upper East Region

Stories from Upper East Region

Social

Establish safe homes for displaced children in Upper East – Child Protection Officers

July 24, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, July 24, GNA – Social and Child Protection Officers in the Upper East Region have appealed to the government…

Economy

‘Report cheating fuel stations to NPA’

July 24, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, July 24, GNA – The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has advised Ghanaians, particularly consumers of petroleum products to report…

Features

Health facilities without sign language interpreters, bane to achieving SDGs

July 24, 2023
GNA

A GNA feature by Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, July 24, GNA – Whenever Ms Aloriba Adatukey, a 36-year-old woman from Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana…

Economy

PFAG procures Fertilizer to support farmers in Upper East 

July 22, 2023
GNA

By Fatima Anafu-Astanga Bolgatanga, July 22-GNA- The Peasant farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has supported its members in the sorghum growing enclave around Paga,…

Politics

NPP Primaries: Otito files nomination to contest in Navrongo Central

July 22, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Navrongo (U/E), July 22, GNA – Alhaj Abdallah Otito Achuliwor, a stalwart of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the…

Social Top Story

Stakeholders drawn to tears as pupils reenact slave trade to mark PANAFEST/Emancipation 

July 22, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Pikworo (U/E), July 21, GNA – Stakeholders were drawn to tears at Pikworo Slave Camp in Nania in the Kassena-Nankana…

Social

GRNMA commissions disability friendly guest house at Pusu-Namongo

July 22, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Pusu-Namongo (U/E), July 22, GNA – The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has commissioned a state-of-the-art disability friendly…

Social

Gender Ministry trains stakeholders to respond to children in emergency

July 20, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, July 20, GNA – The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) has held a three-day training workshop…

Social Top Story

Collapsed Sirigu-Zorko Highway Bridge a death-trap

July 20, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Sirigu (U/E), July 20, GNA – A broken bridge on the Sirigu-Zorko highway in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the…

Social Top Story

Lightning kills 21 cows at Kowie community in Sissala East

July 19, 2023
GNA

By Mohammed Balu Kowie, (UWR), July 19, GNA – A thunder and lightning strike has killed 21 cows in Kowie, a community in the…

Social

FISTRAD commissions computer laboratory in Sandema

July 19, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Sandema (U/E), July 19, GNA – The Foundation for Integrated and Strategic Development (FISTRAD), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has commissioned…

Headline Science

Armyworms invade farms at Nabdam

July 18, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog Zanlerigu (U/E), July 18, GNA – Armyworms have invaded farms at Nabdam District in the Upper East Region, and are…

Education

Balungu-Nabiisi Primary School gets furniture 

July 18, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Balungu-Nabiisi (U/E), July18, GNA – The A-ensonga Hearts, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has presented 102 dual desks to the Balungu-Nabiisi…

Features

Water crisis amid climate change  

July 17, 2023
GNA

A GNA feature by Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Kparaboug (U/E), July 17, GNA – At 0300 hours, it is expected that most people, particularly school…

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Parents, teachers support reproductive health education in basic schools – research 

July 16, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog  Bolgatanga, July 16, GNA – Many parents and teachers are in support of the implementation of Reproductive Health Education (RHE)…

Social

World Vision project addresses childhood nutrition challenges in Kassena-Nankana West 

July 16, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Sirigu (U/E), July 16, GNA – The implementation of an early childhood nutrition project by World Vision Ghana in the…

Social

39-year-old Teacher enskinned chief of non-indigenes in Bongo Traditional Area 

July 16, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bongo (U/E), July 16, GNA – Mr Lambert Kanluki Kanmiki, a 39-year-old professional teacher and native of Navrongo in the…

Education

Stakeholders urged to collaborate, intensify Reproductive Health Education in basic schools

July 14, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog Bolgatanga, July 14, GNA – A non-governmental organisation, the Youth Harvest Foundation Ghana (YHFG), has called on the Ghana Education…

Education Top Story

Food shortage: Binduri Community Day SHS partially closed 

July 12, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Binduri (U/E), July 12, GNA – The Binduri Community Day Senior High School in the Upper East Region has been…

Social

Upper East Regional Hospital to conduct mass burial

July 12, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Bolgatanga, July 12, GNA – The Upper East Regional hospital in Bolgatanga is preparing to conduct mass burial for unidentified…