A team from World Bank has visited the Nandom District in Upper West to aid in the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) in the District. The Team according to the Assembly went to key areas within the town including the Daily Market in order to take reports Statement A team from the World Bank was…
The Upper West Region recorded the highest number of malaria cases and also topped in malaria-related deaths from 2011 to 2016, according to health officials, who describe the trend as alarming and threatening. The officials who made the revelation in Tumu during a seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) stakeholders meeting also indicated that the number of…
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in the Upper West has registered an impressive improvement in its key performance targets for this year with active members growing from 82 to 89 per cent as at June 2019. The feat was attributed to hard work, determination and commitment exhibited by management and staff, which also saw…
The Executive Secretary of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Superintendent Peter Lanchene Tuubo has retired voluntarily from the Police Service to contest as parliamentary candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) in the Wa West Constituency of the Upper West Region . MyNewsGh gathered from sources with the Police Service that the tough-talking police…
A medical Doctor at the St. Thresea’s Hospital in Nandom, Dr. Aduwia David Adobasom, has advised senior citizens to regularly undergo medical checks. Dr. Aduwia said ageing is a natural phenomenon meant for everyone. Dr. Aduwia gave the advice at a health talk organized by the Nandom District Assembly for the elderly to celebrate the…
The price of Cement in Wa and its surrounding environments have caused scare in people in the last few weeks. Price of Ghacem Cement shot up to Ghc42 whilst Cimaf shot up to Ghc41.50 this halted some construction works due to the cost if purchases. Some few shops have been cross checked today in sections…
Rt. HON. ALBAN S.K BAGBIN RECEIVES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS AWARD AT G.O.D., SWITZERLAND. The hardworking Member of Parliament for the Nadowli/Kaleo Constituency and Second Deputy Speaker of Ghana Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Alban S.K Bagbin, will on Friday the 12th of July, 2019, join other award winning dignitories at the 7th Global Order of Dignitaries and…
The full of contestants for 2019’s parliamentary primaries for NDC have been published and people can’t seem to imagine the names and numbers that are to partake. The absence of the Nadowli-Kaleo lawmaker has caused a stare leaving people with questions. The full list below: NDC UPPER WEST PRIMARIES Sissala East 1. Dr Sumaila Asuru…
The Nadowli-Kaleo Lawmaker and Second Deputy Speaker in Ghana’s Parliament has not been found on list of Candidates to contest for the parliamentary primaries slot. This will look shocking to his role models and admirers but it has appeared that the Nadowli-Kaleo Lawmaker has called it quit from the Parliamentary Elections. Lawyer Alban Bagbin Was…
The Magistrate Court in Jirapa in the Upper West Region has issued a bench warrant for the arrest and production in court of four former employees of a popular hotel in the Jirapa District over alleged criminal offences. The arrest warrant for the four, whose charges include assault and theft, were issued on separate dates…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) in Sissala East Municipality has been adjudged the best provider of quality healthcare in Upper West in a regional ranking that assessed performance of health institutions using 22 indicators. After being measured against the 22 health indicators, a regional league table ranked health facilities in the Sissala East first with…
Kojokperi is a community in the Daffiama Bussie Issa district with a population of over two thousand (2000) who are largely farmers. The health center serves about five CHPS surrounding it as Jolliyiri chips, Jampimsi, etc. It was the vision of the health center to grow bigger as others. But the story is different. On…
Residents including farmers within the Kojokperi zone of Daffiama-Bussie-Issa District have expressed dismay with the quality of work carried out on a proposed dam for the village. According to them, the work done is below the standard expected, they added that the water in the dugout wouldn’t be able to serve their tasks in the…
The Wa Central Constituency Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mohammed Sule has been arrested by the police. It is gathered from the Upper West Regional Police Command that it is in relation to a death threats issued to Citi Fm’s Latif Mahama on Saturday June 6, 2019. The journalist reported about a…
Former Sports Minister Hon. Rashid Pelpuo blamed Black Stars poor showing at AFCON 2019 to the absence of a substantive administrative body running Ghana football. The four-time winners were booted out of the 32nd edition of AFCON 2019 in Egypt in the round of 16 by Tunisia. The Carthage Eagles 5-4 penalty win after 1-1…
