Northern Region Archives

Northern Region: Former NASPA president laments over dire water crisis at Tolon

Ananpansah B Abraham - May 24, 2020 0

The situation of lack of access to portable drinking water at Tolon District in the Northern Region has reached a crescendo, putting a...

Police installations in Northern Region under fumigation

Ghana News Agency - May 20, 2020 0

An exercise has begun to fumigate Police installations including cells across the Northern Region as part of efforts to prevent the outbreak of diseases. The...

Coalition of CSOs donates PPE to street children in Tamale

Ghana News Agency - May 20, 2020 0

Global Alliance for Street Work, a coalition of independent and non-partisan Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to some street...

McDan Foundation donates to Muslim Chiefs

Ghana News Agency - May 16, 2020 0

The McDan Foundation has presented bags of rice to selected Muslim Chiefs in the Northern and the Greater Accra Regions to mark this year’s...

Fighting COVID-19: Need for tippy taps in communities without water

Ghana News Agency - Apr 28, 2020 0

Madam Wasila Yakubu, a yam seller, lives with her husband and five children at Gbungbaliga, a town in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern...

Two communities get mechanised boreholes to manage COVID-19

Ghana News Agency - Apr 18, 2020 0

Two Baptists charity organisations have presented solar powered boreholes to the Kampong and Bongnayili communities in the Central Gonja district of the Savannah Region...

REGSEC appeals to traditional leaders to enforce president’s directives

Ghana News Agency - Mar 27, 2020 0

The Northern Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has appealed to traditional and religious authorities to help encourage the citizenry to comply with the President’s directives...

Markaz Al Bishara constructs classroom block for Bognaayili JHS

Ghana News Agency - Feb 3, 2020 0

A three-unit classroom block with office, washrooms and changing room for girls have been constructed for the Bognaayili D/A Junior...

Court remands suspects in Kpatinga conflict

Ghana News Agency - Jan 29, 2020 0

A Tamale Circuit Court has remanded into prison custody five persons arrested in connection with the chieftaincy disturbances that broke out at Kpatinga...

WFP’s Princess Zeid commends health staff at Sagnarigu

Ghana News Agency - Jan 29, 2020 0

Health staff at the Saint Lucy Polyclinic at Kpalsi, and Kalpohin Health Centre in the Sagnarigu Municipality of the Northern Region have been...

Burkina Faso army kill 10 militants, seize ammunitions and drugs in northern region

xinhuanet.com - Jan 5, 2020 0

Burkina Faso army has said it killed about ten militants and seized ammunitions and narcotic drugs during response to attack on Friday in the...

Poor BECE performance in Northern region worrying – GES officer

Ghana News Agency - Dec 31, 2019 0

Reverend Kofi Amofa Odaatu, the Northern Regional Examinations Officer of Ghana Education Service (GES), has expressed worry over continuous falling standards of Basic Education...

Gov’t charged to commit to the GAVI agreement – SEND GHANA

Sammy Adjei - Dec 24, 2019 0

Ghana has been vigorously pursuing interventions to ensure that the gains made in polio eradication efforts are sustained. However, the confirmed cases of polio...

NDC inaugurates youth working committees in Northern Region

Ghana News Agency - Dec 23, 2019 0

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the weekend held its Northern Regional Youth Wing conference in Tamale to inaugurate its Regional Youth Working Committees. It...

Cases of Child Marriages high in Northern Region

Ghana News Agency - Dec 19, 2019 0

Cases of betrothals and Child Marriages are high in the northern region and are consistently impacting negatively in the proper development of girls in...

Ghana to host World Shea Expo in April 2020

Ghana News Agency - Dec 3, 2019 0

Ghana will host the maiden edition of the World Shea Expo to bring partners within the value chain such as processors, women pickers, farmers,...

Aliu Mahama to renovate Yendi Hospital Mortuary

Ghana News Agency - Nov 28, 2019 0

Construction works are to begin this week on the Yendi Government Hospital mortuary in the Northern Region to keep it in good shape to...

Lack of medicines, equipment, impacting health care negatively in Northern Region

Ghana News Agency - Nov 12, 2019 0

Lack of medications, equipment, and unhygienic conditions at health facilities in the Northern Region have been identified as barriers to quality healthcare for...

PWDs in Kpandai District receive support

Ghana News Agency - Oct 9, 2019 0

The Kpandai District Assembly in the Northern Region has presented assorted items worth GH¢76, 121.00 to 63 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). The items included soaps,...

Two dams collapse at Karaga

Ghana News Agency - Oct 8, 2019 0

Two dams constructed at Pishigu and Tong in the Karaga District of the Northern Region, under the One-Village One-Dam, have broken their banks thereby...

Let’s sustain the peace in the northern region – Ambrose Dery

Ghana News Agency - Oct 1, 2019 0

Mr Ambrose Dery, Minister for Interior has urged citizens in the Northern region to effectively support and collaborate with the security agencies to help...

Young Professionals and Youth Coalition (YPYC) awarded

Three people receive role model awards in Northern Region

Ghana News Agency - Oct 1, 2019 0

Young Professionals and Youth Coalition (YPYC) awarded three individuals in the Northern Region at the maiden regional summit of its 10th Young Professionals Transformational...

Canadian High Commissioner visits Ya-Na

Ghana News Agency - Sep 29, 2019 0

Madam Heather Cameron, Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana on Saturday paid a courtesy call on the Ya-Na Mahama Abukari (II) at the Gbewaa Palace...

Wantugu community gets improved healthcare

Ghana News Agency - May 4, 2019 0

Wantugu Clinic in the Tolon District of the Northern Region, has been inaugurated to enhance access to quality health care for the people of...

Gender and Land Right Project safely store results in Northern Region

Ghana News Agency - May 2, 2019 0

Gender and Land Rights Phase II Project to highlight and support initiatives that enhance rural women's participation in land related decisions has yielded results...

Ghana: Northern Region NDC Secretary Resigns

News Ghana - Apr 10, 2019 0

The Northern regional secretary of the National Democratic Congress, Mr Salisu Bi-awurbi has resigned as the secretary of the party. Speaking exclusively to Nkilgi FM...

Northern region shows 10% decline in Open defecation

Ghana News Agency - Mar 27, 2019 0

Mr Salifu Saeed, the Northern Regional Minister, has said Open Defecation (OD) rate in the Northern Region currently stands at 56.8 per cent, which...

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo exchanging greetings with Dagbon Chiefs

Nearly 200 Dagbon Leaders Educated on Non-violence

Ghana News Agency - Mar 27, 2019 0

Two hundred leaders, made up of 100 men and 100 women have been educated on non-violence in a workshop organised by the Northern Region...

Sheanut Industry Needs Laws to Stay Firm

Ghana News Agency - Mar 23, 2019 0

Mr John Bennam Jabaah, Deputy Minister Designate for the Northern Region has called for the passage of a new law to regulate the sheanut...

U.S. Ambassador Re-affirms Commitment to Sustainable Development in Northern Region

Ike Dzokpo - Mar 20, 2019 0

A week after her maiden official trip to the Northern Region for the March 6 Independence Day celebration, U.S. Ambassador Stephanie S. Sullivan...

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