Upper East Region

Stories from Upper East Region

Social

Student girls appeal for part of DACF for menstrual hygiene management  

May 31, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo   Bolgatanga, May 31, GNA- Student girls in the Upper East Region have appealed to the government to allocate part of…

Social

Subsidise prices of sanitary pads – government urged

May 30, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Mirigu (U/E), May 30, GNA – Our Lady of Mercy Community Services (OLAM), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), in Kassena-Nankana Municipality…

Social

Nabdam Chiefs, people express worry over slow pace of work on Agenda 111 project

May 30, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Nangodi (U/E), May 30, GNA – The Chiefs and People of the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region, have…

Social

NGO educates stakeholders on Sexual Reproductive Health

May 29, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog  Bongo (U/E), May 29, GNA – The Purim African Youth Development (PAYDP-Ghana), a non-governmental organisation, has organised a two-day capacity…

Social

NDC condemns purported use of clay as sanitary pads by northern girls 

May 29, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Bolgatanga, May 29, GNA – The Women’s wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper East Region, has…

Social

Residents call on Government to gravel Zopeliga- Zanlerigu Road 

May 26, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog   Zopeliga (U/E), May 26, GNA- The Zopeliga Community in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region, has called on…

Economy

Cardinal Namdini resettles two communities to pave way for large scale mining

May 26, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Digaare (U/E), May 26, GNA – The Cardinal Namdini Mining Limited, a subsidiary of Shandong Gold, a Chinese mining firm,…

Social

ActionAid supports agriculture in two Districts in Upper East 

May 25, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Zebilla (U/E), May 25, GNA-ActionAid Ghana (AAG), a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has presented 60 bicycles to female Agriculture Extension Volunteers…

Economy

MDA officials undergo financial management training in Bolgatanga

May 24, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Bolgatanga, May 24, GNA – Officials from Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in the Upper East and North-East Regions are…

Social

VRA-NEDCo arrests 321 customers in Upper East Region over power theft

May 19, 2023
GNA

By Joshua Asaah Bolgatanga, May 19, GNA – Three hundred and twenty-one customers who engaged in electricity power theft in the Upper East Regional…

Social

Stakeholders urged to intensify campaign for sustainable WASH projects

May 19, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, May 19, GNA – WaterAid Ghana, a water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) focused Non-Governmental Organisation, has called on stakeholders…

Economy

Women beneficiaries of Layers under RFJs laud government

May 18, 2023
GNA

By Fatima Anafu-Astanga Bolgatanga, May 18, GNA – Women in the Bolgatanga municipality who were given layers under the government’s flagship programme, rearing for…

Social

NGO sensitises farmers on advanced natural regeneration concept  

May 15, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Karaboug (U/E), May 15, GNA – The Forum for Natural Regeneration (FONAR), an environmentally focused non-governmental organisation has sensitised farmers…

Education

St Bernadette’s Technical Institute closed following student riots

May 15, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Navrongo (U/E), May 15, GNA – The St Bernadette’s Technical Institute in Navrongo, Kassena-Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region…

Politics

I’m determined to expand development in all sectors – Nabdam MP 

May 15, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog  Kongo (U/E), May 15, GNA – Dr Mark Kurt Nawaane, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for  Nabdam in the…

Politics

“Do not vote skirt and blouse“—Dominic Ayine

May 14, 2023
GNA

Fatima Anafu-Astanga  Zuarungu , May 14, GNA – Dr Dominic Akuritenga Ayine, incumbent MP for the Bolgatanga East Constituency has advised his constituents to avoid…

Politics Top Story

NDC primaries: Bawadua beats Bawa at Bongo

May 14, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bongo (U/E), May 13, GNA – Mr Charles Bawadua, a legal practitioner has ousted Mr Edward Abambire Bawa, the incumbent…

Politics

Incumbent MP congratulates new Navrongo Central candidate

May 14, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Navrongo (U/E), May 14, GNA – Mr Sampson Tangombu Chiragia, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Navrongo Central…

Politics

NDC primaries: four incumbent MPs booted out in Upper East Region

May 14, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, May 14, GNA – Four incumbent Members of Parliament in the Upper East Region have been booted out and…

Politics

Contest has repositioned party for power in 2024—James Agalga

May 14, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Sandema (U/E), May 14, GNA – Mr James Agalga, the Parliamentary Candidate-elect for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the…