Tag: north
Roadside bomb hits U.S.-led coalition convoy in north of Baghdad
A roadside bomb exploded on Friday near a convoy of trucks carrying equipment belonging to the U.S.-led coalition forces in Salahudin province in the...
2 dead, 8 injured in building collapse in north Nigeria
A building collapsed on early Tuesday in Kano state, north Nigeria, leaving two people dead and eight injured.
The building collapsed at...
Seven more deaths reported in California North Complex Fire
Seven more people have died in the North Complex Fire in California's Butte County, bringing the death toll to 10, while 16 people...
5 killed in suspected Boko Haram raids in Cameroon’s Far North region
Suspected members of terror group Boko Haram killed five civilians and injured several others on Monday night in raids on the remote localities of...
Restaurant collapse kills 2 in north China
Two people have been confirmed dead and about 10 others are still trapped after a restaurant collapsed Saturday in the city of Linfen,...
Mamprusi people: Ghana’s ancient people in the north
Mamprusi people: One of Ghana`s unique and ancient people in the north and the eldest of the Mole-Dagbani ethnic group. Mamprusi, also known as...
Ten killed, 45 injured in north Nigeria road accident
A fatal road accident in Nigeria's northern region killed 10 and injured 45 others, according to local police on Sunday.
The accident...
43 killed in attack in north Burkina Faso
At least 43 people were killed by unidentified armed individuals Sunday in an attack perpetuated in the villages of Dinguila and Barga located in...
Egyptian army kills 10 terrorists in North Sinai province
Egypt's army announced on Sunday that it killed 10 terrorists as its forces thwarted a major terror attack on a military checkpoint in North...
Torrential rains affect 3,771 people in the north
A total of 3,771 people from 488 households in 14 communities of the Northern, North East and Savannah regions have been affected by the...
NIA to begin mass Ghana Card registration in the Regions in the north
The National Identification Authority (NIA) is set to begin the mass registration of qualified citizens residing in the Northern, North East and Savannah Regions...
Kwahu Afram Plains North District Assembly hands over motorbikes to Members
Mr Samuel Kena, the Kwahu Afram Plains North District Chief Executive (DCE) has handed over 45 motorbikes to members of the assembly.
The motorbikes were...
Nigerian Troops foil Boko Haram Attacks in the North
Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that troops had chased out Boko Haram militants who had attempted to infiltrate the city of...
Kwahu Afram Plains Farmers Receive Two Hundred Thousand Cashew Seedlings
Mr Philip Ebenezer Azidoku, the Kwahu Afram Plains North District Agriculture Director said his outfit had planned to raise and distribute to farmers...
PFJ Programme Suffering Due to Bad Roads in Kwahu Afram Plains North
Mr Ebenezer Philip Azidoku, the Kwahu Afram Plains North Agriculture Director has expressed worry at the deplorable nature of roads leading to communities where...
Frimpong-Boateng to Transfer Adaptation Fund Dams for Construction
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation is paying a five-day working visit to the north to hand over some...
NDC presidential primaries: 25,432 Delegates Expected to Vote in the North
Polls have opened in the Northern, Savannah and North East regions for the presidential primaries of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to elect its...
Over 25,000 delegates expected to vote in NDC primaries
The Northern Regional Secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has cleared 25,432 delegates to vote in the party’s presidential primaries to be held...
MTN Digital Music Session Ends up North
The MTN Digital Music Conference has been held for musicians in the northern part of the country, as part of efforts to encourage musicians...
Bridge Connecting North and South Senegal officially Opened
The Gambia inaugurated on Monday Senegambia Bridge which links the northern and southern parts of Senegal at a ceremony attended by Gambian President Adama...
Ghana Is Very Committed To Achieving The SDGs : Afrobarometer Survey
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD), in its first report in the Afrobarometer PanAfrica Profiles Series on Round 7 results, provided an initial broad-brush...
LGS Agrees With USAID’s NGGA To Improved Agricultural Productivity In The North
Local Government Service (LGS) and USAlD’s Northern Ghana Governance Activity (NGGA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to train key local government agencies...
All Nations University plans to launch second satellite
Mr. Ernest Matey, Co-founder and Administrator of the All Nations University College Space System Technology Laboratory said the College is planning to launch a...
Send Ghana request plan for NHIS re-imbursement
Send Ghana, a policy research and advocacy non-governmental organisation, has asked government to develop financial sustainability plan to manage the National Health Insurance Scheme...
Assembly appeals for police stations
The Assin South District Assembly has appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to make conscious efforts to increase the number of police...
5 African Teams Book Slots For Russia 2018
The road to the 2018 Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) came to an end for Africa, over the weekend, with five countries booking...
Lord Paper To Light North Kaneshie
The Ghanaian music scene has recently been invaded by an array of spectacularly talented individuals. The emergence of these new cats, has birth a...
Hammys Foundation launches project to mentor girls
Hammys Foundation, a non-profit Charity Organisation, has been launched at the Zosimli Girls Junior High School (JHS) in Tamale with the goal to mentor...
Boko Harma has been defeated – Nigerian Chief of Army Staff declares
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has said the war against insurgents terrorizing the north eastern part of Nigeria has been won.
The...
Mythical realities: A case study of Nigeria’s complex North
“When a people have suffered for too long, they will drink fairytales on fairylands with insatiable gullibility." (Hamilton Ayuk).
I had written on the topic...