Tag: Upper
Nubian henna tattoos attract local, foreign tourists in Upper Egypt’s Aswan village
by Mahmoud Fouly
In Nubian villages in Upper Egypt's province of Aswan by the Nile River, it is common to see a...
Media charged to promote tourism in Upper East
Mr John Adams, the Upper East Regional Principal Marketing Officer, Ghana Tourism Authority has called on the media to project the beautiful scenes and...
President Of Ghana Assures Equitable Distribution Of State Resources
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians that his government would ensure a fair and equitable distribution of state resources across all regions...
Upper East SHS’s Paid Initial Feeding Grants
Mr Joseph Kofi Adda, Minister for Water and Sanitation, has said government has paid 20 percent of feeding grants to Second Cycle Schools in...
UNICEF’s Performance Based Funding to MMDAs Commended
Amidu Chinnia Issahaku, Deputy Upper West Regional Minister has commended the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for basing its funding of Metropolitan, Municipal and...
Render Regular Accounts to Citizens of Bolgatanga – Regional Minister
Mr Rockson Bukari, the Upper East Regional Minister, has called on the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly to provided regular accounts to citizens in the Municipality,...
MOFA Director Says Upper East Region Will Not Food Shortage
Reverend John Manu, the Upper East Regional Director of the Ministry of food and Agriculture (MOFA), has said there will be no food shortage...
Child-care Centre at Nangodi Opens
Action Aid Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has inaugurated a Child-Care Centre at Nangodi in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region to...
Rural Communities Asked to be Guardians of Water Facilities
Mr Abdul-Nashiru Mohammed, the Country Director of Water Aid Commission, has urged communities in rural areas to protect water facilities constructed for their use.
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NGOs In Health Happy About New Initiative On Immunization
The Coalition of NGOs in Health has organized a public forum in Bolgatanga to mark this year’s World Polio Day with a call on...
GES Ignorant Of Free School Uniforms Programme Budget
SEND Ghana, in affiliation with Global Partnership for Social Accountability, on Wednesday launched its monitoring report on the free school uniforms programme on the...
U/W: planting for food initiative launch
The Planting for food and jobs campaign” has been launched in the Upper West Region with a call on all to take up farming...
Upper East Chalks Success in Reducing Malnutrition
There has been a 5.8% decline in the figures of underweight babies under five years born in the Upper East Region.
This is an improvement...
Appointments Committee Scrutinizes Three Regional Ministers Today
The regional minister nominees on Wednesday were screened by Parliament’s Appointments Committee.They included Dr. Archibald Letsa, Rockson Bukari and Alhassan Suleiman, Volta, Upper East and...
172 People Chase Chief Executive Positions In U/E
One hundred and seventy-two (172) people are on record to have applied to seek the positions of district and municipal chief executive in the...
U/E Region: Maternal, Neonatal Care Improves
The introduction of a Mother Baby Friendly Health Facility Initiative(MBFHI) has improved neonatal care and reduced neonatal deaths among children between zero- to-one week...
Upper Manya Krobo Farms Destroyed By Fulani Herdsmen
file photo
Many farming communities in the Upper Manya Krobo district of the Eastern region are likely to be hit with severe famine following the...
Schools in Upper East Re-open on the Release of Feeding Grants
Second-cycle schools in the Upper West Region have re-opened after government released funds for the payment of feeding grants.
A visit to some schools in...
2016 Floods in U/E Raises Concern Over Food Insecurity
Residents of the Upper East region have expressed fears 2017 may unleash a degree of food insecurity severe enough to push several households...
Police Begins Manhunt for Cop Killer in Upper West
Police officers in the Upper West Region are on a manhunt for suspected robbers who shot and killed a police officer over the weekend.The...
Upper West Showed Me So Much Love – Akufo-Addo
Ghana’s president-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has thanked the Chiefs and people of the Upper West Region for their massive show of support for...
Nana Addo Begins Upper East Tour Today
President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Thursday December 22, 2016 embark on a 2-day thank you tour of the Upper East Region.Nana Addo...
MMDAs Advised To Enforce Sanitation By-Laws
Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the Upper West Region have been advised to gazette their by-laws to enhance their enforcement for a better...
Alban Bagbin Keeps His Seat in Upper West
Majority Leader and incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Nadowli-Kaleo Constituency of the Upper West Region, Alban Bagbin, has retained his seat.He polled...
Abdulai, Ramatu Haruna Lose 2 Their Quadruplets
The premature quadruplets born to the poor couple.
Two of the four babies born in a day to a poverty-stricken couple and named after four...
2016 Election: NDC Provides Mobile Clinics in Upper East
The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched a mobile clinic dubbed “Dr. Dr. NDC” for free health screening in all 15 constituencies...
U/W Unhappy Over Attempts to Remove GETFund Boss
Some chiefs in the Upper West region are upset with recent attempts by some faceless individuals in the region targeted at soiling the...
Upper East: NDC Stronghold Stage Protests
A public demonstration, staged by a record crowd of over 1,000 people from a single rural community, has rocked a stronghold of the...
Upper East: CPA’s Are Without Good Uniforms for Operations
Community Police Assistants (CPAs) engaged by the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) in the Upper East region have lodged open complaints about some limited...
Bolgatanga Catholic Church Shrouded in Huge Financial Scandal
Prominent figures at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, the biggest Catholic parish in the Upper East region, have blown the cover off what has been...