Former President Rawlings after his death was laid in state at the Accra International Conference center for the public to pay their last respect to the Statesman before his burial on 27th January 2021. The Former President Died in November 2020, few weeks after he lost his mother. There are numerous achievements he has in…
Residents of Papu in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region have expressed worry over a looming danger of the outbreak and spread of cholera and other communicable diseases in the community. The residents brought this to light at time where open defecation has become the order of the day. The people admitted that…
The issue of Teaching and learning Dagaare has become a challenge as a former Ghanaian Language teacher and human resource manager within the Upper West Region, Madam Mary Assumpta Dakora expressed concerns of unavailability of teaching and learning materials to support its teaching process. According to her there is a shortfall in the number of…
Residents of Nakore in the Wa Municipality of Upper West Region have come out in their numbers to Mount huge speed ramps on their roads to limit road users from excessive speeding. The speed ramps composed mainly of sand are 6 in number, 4 at the entrance of the community and 2 in the heart…
The Paramount Chief of Kperisi Traditional Area in Wa of Upper West Region, Naa Seidu Mahama Kunlugi II has passed on today 24th January 2021. The overlord of the Kperisi traditional area foresees the traditional affairs of community and has served for over two decades before his demise. Assembly Member for the Area, James Kuunsana…
The Member of Parliament for Wa Central Constituency, Dr. Rashid Hassan Pelpuo has drafted a congratulatory message for Dr. Bin Salih Hafiz. In the message he urged the Minister to be focused in order to deliver his mandate. Dr. Bin Salih Hafiz has been Reinstated after the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo listed his newly…
A group calling itself “Concern Youth of Jirapa” has served a stern warning to all school feeding caterers who are not from Jirapa Municipal not to commence work on 25th January, 2021 until issues are resolved. In an announcement intercepted, it warned that “any recalcitrant caterer who fails to comply with this direction will have…
The Wa Small Taxpayer Office of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) in the Upper West Region missed its 2020 revenue target by 19.6 per cent. The office which comprises the Wa Municipal as well as the Wa West, Daffiama-Bussie-Issa, Wa East and Nadowli-Kaleo District Assemblies was able to garner GH₵10,098,570.51 last year out of a…
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has observed that the Wa ‘Kejetia’ market located in the central business district is currently sitting on a time bomb as far as fire safety is concerned. The already highly congested market has its situation further compounded by ongoing construction works and worse of it was the location of…
Ghana Commercial Bank has only three Branches in Upper West Region with a population of 890, 567 according to Wa Technical University 2017 Statistics from the Department of Information Technology. The three branches include the Lawra Branch, Tumu Branch and the Wa Branch. These three branches are responsible for paying several public sector workers in…
The Ghana Police Service has exhumed a body partially buried in Kpaguri a suburb of the Wa Municipality. “The body revealed was a male adult aged about 30 years, stands at about 6 feet tall and was seen wearing a pair of jeans trousers and a T – shirt”, the Inspector Gideon Ohen Boateng said…
Former Upper West Regional Minister and Former Acting Upper West Regional Secretary to the New Patriotic Party, Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih has bern retained as Upper West Regional Minister. This was revealed by the Director of Communication, Jubile House, Mr. Eugene Arhin in a letter dated 21st January 2021. Dr. Bin Salih will have no…
Some Passengers onboard a Mercedez benz sprinter from Wa to Tamale have expressed fear and panic with regards to the number of passengers the vehicle carries to Tamale. According to some passengers in the vehicle, they feel insecure with the number due to the risk involved in sitting too close to each other in this time…
Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic, President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo closed all borders in March preventing people from visiting the country. Some Burkinabes have been arrested by the Ghana Immigration Service Upper West Division for illegally coming into the country via the Ga route in the Wa West District of Upper West Region.…
The Rector for St. Francis Xavior Minor Seminary, Rev. Pamphilio Konpugbu Tengan has stated that two of his students have tested positive for Coronavirus. Statement “Dear Parents and Guardians of St. Francis Xavier Minor Seminary, I wish to communicate to you developments in the Minor Seminary since the night of Monday, 18th January, 2021. One student complained…
