The 2019 edition of the National Science and Maths quiz sponsored by the Ghana Education Service has left a number of people within upper west in a low morale. Two schools within the upper west out of five have been evicted from the competition due to unsatisfactory performance. Lawra SHS started the competition on…
The Sissala East Municipal Assembly has recommended the present border post sited in Tumu township be relocated to Limiera, the last community bordering Ghana and Burkina Faso, for effective crime control. The border post in Tumu is about 18 kilometres to Burkina Faso and has been identified as a major challenge that impeded effective…
The Special Weapons Handling and Tactics (SWAT) Unit of the Ghana Police Service shot and killed two suspected Nigerians for attacking 82-year-old woman and damaging her house. The suspects; Mr Nyi Pius and another unidentified man on Friday 1330 hours allegedly assaulted Hajia Memuna Kassim, the 82-year-old woman, at Wapanii in the Wa Municipality and…
Former Municipal Chief Executive for Wa Municipality who doubles as Regional Organizer for the Opposition National Democratic Congress will be contesting Dr. Rashid Pelpuo and others in this year’s parliamentary primaries. The contest is expected to be fierce as dignified people within the spheres of the NDC will be contesting as well. The filing fee…
An ace poet in Upper west has released graphic samples of a poetry book he is set to release soon. The book by tittle Hakila Zoomba Rhythms was posted on his page. The Author who goes by the stage name Poet Pobee and born Pobee Nwintombo has practiced poetry for the past 10years and has…
Contractors working on the new Wa Regional Hospital, Euroget de-Invest, will continue to offer technical support to the hospital for three more years after the facility is eventually handed over for operation by the end of this month. During those three years, the company will offer continuous training services to technical staff and servicing of…
Secretary for Concerned About Ghana Association [CAGA] Ce. Tuorimuo Elvis Philip has advocated against citizens aiding foreigners to register for Voter ID Cards just because of personal political interests and Friendship. According to him, the voter card for now is the major source of Ghanaian Identity and should not be owned by foreigners, To register…
Former President Mahama as Part of his visit and to condole the bereaved wife of Late Richard Puolibong Richard made a donation to the Widow of the Deceased to cut down the cost of the arrangements. Mr. John Dramani Mahama Donated Ghc12,000 to the Family at the funeral grounds at Saanwire in Daffiamah Bussie Issah…
Residents of Ghana’s Upper West Region are bearing the brunt of the economic hardship as data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) show that goods and services in that part of the country cost the most. The region recorded the highest rate of inflation among all the regions, 11.1 per cent, which is way above…
National Democratic Congress (NDC) youth group in Nadowli-Kaleo Constituency has threatened to decamp to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) if Member of Parliament Mr Alban Bagbin wins the NDC’s upcoming parliamentary primaries. The Movement for Change youth group issued the warning during the launch of its activities at the Nadowli L/A Park on the…
The supervisor of Kaleo Senior High School Examination Centre for the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) has applauded the students for being disciplined and law-abiding following the examination instructions given by WAEC. He was interacting with the media after the English and Religious and Moral Education papers at the Examination Centre at Kaleo in…
The 160-bed new Upper West Regional Hospital is 99 percent complete but will not be opened until it is fully completed and staffed with trained personnel. The resident engineer at the Hospital, Ahmed Abo Shamaa, who led an inspection team to the facility, told reporters that the project was about 99 percent complete and would…
The Nandom District is the first to attain the status of an Open Defecation Free (ODF) district in the country. Being declared the first district in the country to attain ODF status implies that all households in the district have their own toilet facilities and no one defecated in the open. The district, which has…
Police in Wa on Friday evening June 14, 2019 gunned down a nigerian man and arrested another who were spotted by a woman (name withheld) perforating a hole on her house and in her quest to know their motive she was attacked by the two men with cuttlasses they were using. An onlooker who came…
A heavy rainstorm experienced in Wa between the hours of 6:58pm and 8:20pm on Friday 14th June 2019 has destroyed properties in the Western sections of Wa Municipality. The rain left high tension wires suspending on the ground, posing threat to people selling and staying by those electric wire cut by the heavy storm, this…
