Upper East Region

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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…

Social

Upper East women farmers call for governmental investment in agriculture 

March 10, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, March 10, GNA – Government has been urged to increase investment for women in agriculture, to help them increase…

Social

APRM engages stakeholders to take advantage of AfCFTA 

March 10, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, March 10, GNA-The Targeted Review Mission Team of the National African Peer Review Mechanism Governing Council (NAPRM-GC) has intensified…

Social

Government urged to mainstream issues of gender into national policies  

March 10, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, March 10, GNA – The government of Ghana has been urged to mainstream issues of gender and young people…

Social

Women farmers recount impact of technology on farming outcome 

March 9, 2023
GNA

 By Philip Tengzu Wa, March 9, GNA – Some European Union-Ghana Agricultural Programme (EU-GAP)-assisted women farmers in the Upper West Region have said the…

Social

NGOs engage women groups on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights  

March 9, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog  Bolgatanga, March 9, GNA – The Widows and Orphans Movement (WOM), a women’s rights Non-profit organization in the Upper East…

Social

Female businesses exhibit at Women Expo Regional Road Show Series in Wa 

March 9, 2023
GNA

By Philip Tengzu  Wa, March 9, GNA – Several women-led and women-centred businesses in the Upper West Region have exhibited their products and services…

Education

Chiefs in Nabdam urged to help schools demarcate lands 

March 9, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog Zanlerigu (U/E), March 9, GNA – Ms Mary Magdalene Wompakeah, the Nabdam District Director of Education in the Upper East…

Health

WaterAid Ghana donates to two health directorates in U E R 

March 9, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Navrongo (U/E), March 9, GNA-WaterAid Ghana, a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) focused organisation has presented some Infection Prevention and…

Education

Bolgatanga MCE, three others honoured for contributions to education  

March 8, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, March 8, GNA – Mr Rex Asanga, the Bolgatanga Municipal Chief Executive MCE), has been honoured for his contribution…

Social

Illegal Miners destroy football field and footpaths of Dagliga Cluster of schools  

March 8, 2023
GNA

By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog   Dagliga, (U/E), March 8, GNA – Major footpaths and a football field for sporting activities of the Dagliga cluster…

Business

Second edition of ‘BolgaWeDey’ exhibition held 

March 8, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, March 8, GNA – The second edition of ‘BolgaWeDey’, an exhibition that attracts local businesses and micro enterprises has…

Education

Free SHS must be consciously sustained – MCE 

March 6, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu  Sandema (U/E), March 6, GNA – Madam Vida Akantagriwen Anaab, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Builsa North Municipality,…

Politics

Businessman leads hundreds of NPP supporters in unity walk in Bolga East

March 6, 2023
GNA

By Joshua Asaah Zuarungu (U/E), March 6, GNA – Hundreds of supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bolgatanga East Constituency…

Social

Musician holds health walk, register vulnerable for NHIS cards in Bolgatanga 

March 5, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Bolgatanga, Mar 5, GNA – As part of giving back to society, Mr Samuel Asaa, an Afrobeat (World Music) Musician,…

Social

Project to strengthen social cohesion in border communities launched

March 4, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Bolgatanga, March 4, GNA – A project to promote and strengthen social cohesion and provide economic resilience for the agro-pastoral…

Editor's Pick Health

Talensi District records no maternal death in 2022

March 4, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo  Tongo (U/E), March 4, GNA – The Talensi District in the Upper East Region recorded no maternal death and did…

Health

Kidney failure is not a disease of the elderly—Medical Director

March 4, 2023
GNA

By Godfred A. Polkuu Bolgatanga, March 4, GNA – Dr Aiden Suntaa Saanwie, the Medical Director of the Upper East Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga,…

Health

RISE-Ghana donates stationery to healthcare facilities at Talensi, Nabdam

March 3, 2023
GNA

By Anthony Adongo Apubeo Tongo (U/E), March 3, GNA – The Rural Initiatives for Self-Empowerment Ghana (RSIE-Ghana), a Non – Governmental Organisation, has donated…