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Women farmers at Nyariga call for empowerment to boost production

March 21, 2023
GNA

Agnes Boye-Doe Nyariga (U/E), March 21, GNA – Women farmers at Nyariga in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region are appealing for…

Health

Oral health professionals call for policy direction

March 21, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Timonde (U/E), March 21, GNA – The Oral Health Professionals Association of Ghana (OHPAG), has called on the Ministry of…

Politics

Chiana-Paga MP reiterates commitment to sustain unity and peace in NDC

March 20, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Paga (U/E), March 20, GNA – Mr Thomas Adda Dalu, the Member of Parliament for the Chiana-Paga Constituency in the…

Politics

NDC primaries: Incumbent MP files to contest Navrongo Central Constituency

March 20, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Navrongo (U/E), Mar 20, GNA – Mr Sampson Tangombu Chiragia, the incumbent Member of Parliament for the Navrongo Central Constituency…

Health

NGO launches response project to fight COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

March 18, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, March 18, GNA – The Navrongo-Bolgatanga Catholic Diocesan Development Organisation (NABOCADO), a faith-based organisation, has launched a project to…

Social

Chiefs in Bongo to protect and ensure good water quality of Vea Dam 

March 18, 2023
GNA

Fatima Anafu-Astanga  Gowrie, March 18, GNA – Chiefs in the Bongo Traditional area have taken a stern position to stamp their authority in the…

Social

Bangolla Community at Nabdam welcomes potable water

March 18, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog  Bangolla (U/E), March 18, GNA – Mr Lamtig A. Apanga, an aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary primaries…

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Bolgatanga High Court Judge flees after alleged violent attack on his residence

March 18, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, March 18, GNA – Justice Alexander Graham, a Bolgatanga High Court Judge has allegedly fled the Upper East Region…

Social

Invitation to High Court Judge was in good faith — Talensi Traditional Council 

March 18, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Bolgatanga, March 18, GNA – The Talensi Traditional Council (TTC) in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, says…

Social

PURC assists NEDCo and GWCL to recover GH₵332,000 in Upper East Region

March 17, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, March 17, GNA – The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), last year, recovered an amount of GH₵332,267.70 from customers,…

Education

Fumbisi Agric SHS closed over student unrest

March 17, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Fumbisi (U/E), March 17, GNA – The Fumbisi Agriculture Senior High School in the Builsa South District of the Upper…

Social

ActionAid trainees in Talensi District exhibit products

March 15, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Tongo (U/E), March 15, GNA-ActionAid Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has organised an exhibition to climax a six-week training programme…

Social

Water Resource Commission to roll out the Gambaga Sub Basin  

March 15, 2023
GNA

By Fatima Anafu-Astanga  Bolgatanga, March 15, GNA- The Water Resources Commission (WRC) is planning to roll out the new Gambaga Sub Basin in the…

Health

Vaccine shortage caused no deaths in Upper East Region

March 14, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Bolgatanga, March 14, GNA – Dr Josephat Ana-Imwine Nyuzaghl, the Upper East Deputy Regional Director of Public Health, says no…

Science

EWA-BELT Project to be up scaled in Talensi District. 

March 13, 2023
GNA

By Fatima Anafu-Astanga  Bolgatanga, March 13, GNA- More farmers in the Talensi District of Upper East Region will this year benefit from an up-scale…

Social

Builsa North Assembly disburses GHȻ28,236.00 to PWDs  

March 13, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Bolgatanga, March 13, GNA – The Builsa North Municipal Assembly in the Upper East Region has disbursed GHȻ28,236.00 to Persons…

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Bolgatanga Rehabilitation Centre appeals for food

March 12, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Bolgatanga, March 12, GNA – Persons with Disability (PWDs) at the Bolgatanga Rehabilitation Centre in the Upper East Region have…

Social Top Story

Bolgatanga Technical University student develops refillable spray cans

March 11, 2023
GNA

Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, March 11, GNA – Mr Martin Asambila Ayurebome, a level 300 student of the Department of Industrial Arts at the…

Health

NHIA commends Builsa North Municipal Assembly for office edifice

March 11, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Bolgatanga, March 11, GNA – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in the Upper East Region has commended the Builsa…

Education Headline

Midwifery College denies qualified applicants admission for lack of accommodation

March 11, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Bolgatanga, March 11, GNA – Madam Christiana Amalba, the Principal of the Midwifery Training College in Bolgatanga, says the College…