“I stole 14, not 60 cattle,” thief tells police

By Mohammed Balu Wa (UW/R), April 5, GNA – Mr Moro Musah, a 33-year-old farmer, has been apprehended by the Tumu Police for allegedly…

Excessive Heat: Cause to invest more in Meningitis prevention 

A GNA feature by Philip Tengzu   Wa (UW/R), April 4, GNA – The impact of surging heatwaves and the attendant consequences on every aspect…

FDA extends sensitisation on tramadol abuse to the church

By Philip Tengzu Wa, (UW/R), April 4, GNA – The Upper West Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has extended its…

Speaker donates GH¢500,000 worth of medical consumables to Nadowli Hospital

By Philip Tengzu Nandowli, (UW/R), April 4, GNA – Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has presented medicines and non- consumable…

Kundugu community gets peace committee to promote social cohesion  

Kundugu, (U/W), April 3, GNA – The Upper West Regional Peace Council has formed a seven-member peace committee at Kundugu in the Wa East…

Speaker Bagbin joins St. Dominic Church to dedicate church pews 

By Philip Tengzu, GNA  Sombo, (UW/R), April 3, GNA – Mr Alban S. K. Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has joined congregants of the…

Government urged to review law to stop credit unions from paying corporate tax

By Philip Tengzu Wa, (UW/R), April 3, GNA – The government has been urged to review the tax law that has roped credit unions…

Women trained on climate resilient alternative economic ventures

By Philip Tengzu Wa, (UW/R), April 02, GNA – The Upperlink Consult, a skills development and sustainable waste management organisation in Wa, has introduced…

Material possession does not determine one’s value of life – Rev. Achana

By Philip Tengzu, GNA  Wa, (UW/R), April 1, GNA – Reverend Monica A. Achana, a Reverend Minister of the Methodist Church of Ghana in…

Ghanaians urged to seek God’s direction to choose a credible leader  

By Philip Tengzu, GNA  Wa, (UW/R), April 01, GNA – The Very Reverend Isaac Justice Arhin-Yorke, the Bishop’s Deputy of Wa-Bolgatanga Mission Diocese of…

Rural banks in Upper West to form regional bank 

By Mohammed Balu, GNA   Tumu, (UWR), March 31, GNA – Mr Adams Sulley, the Chairman of the Sissala Rural Bank, has announced that discussions…

Gwollu Defence Wall, the Sissala act of human freedom 

By Mohammed Balu, GNA  Gwollu, (UWR) March 31, GNA – Kuoro Bamula Basinjia Chiemina, the Divisional Chief of Kandia in the Sissala West District,…

Gender Network appeals for support to renovate remand home  

By Philip Tengzu Wa, (UW/R), March 29, GNA – The Upper West Regional Gender Support Network (GSN) has appealed to the government, development partners,…

Gender Network concerned about Galamsey depriving children of education  

By Philip Tengz  Wa, (UW/R), March 29, GNA – The Upper West Regional Gender Support Network (GSN) has raised concern about the illegal mining…

Tribal-based campaigns are a threat to national unity – NCCE 

By Bajin D. Pobia  Wa, March 28, GNA – The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has appealed to political parties and supporters to…

Political instability in Burkina Faso, Mali stresses health sector in UWR 

By Philip Tengzu Wa (UW/R), March 27, GNA – The political instability in Burkina-Faso and Mali continues to exert undue stress on the health…

Upper West Regional Hospital, three others warned against illegal fee charges 

By Philip Tengzu  Wa, (UW/R), March 27, GNA – The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has warned four health facilities in the Upper West…

Upper West Region records 19 maternal deaths in 2023

By Philip Tengzu Wa (UW/R), March 27, GNA – Dr Damien Punguyire, the Upper West Regional Director of Health Service, has said the region…

Foundation embarks on two-week evangelism  

By Joseph Agrace Wiyorbie   Lyssah, (UW/R), March 26, GNA – The Decision for Life Foundation, a non-government organisation (NGO) affiliated to the Seventh Day…

Institute pricing policy for maize – Chief

By Mohammed Balu Tumu, (UWR), March 26, GNA – Kuoro Richard Babini Kanton VI, the Paramount Chief of the Tumu Traditional Area, has appealed…