The Upper West Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Saanbaye Basilde Sitaalde Kangberee, has stated that the decision to reinstate the suspended Lawra Constituency Chairman of the party, Chairman Muhammed Donkor, was one taken by the party and not a unilateral decision taken by his good self as the Regional Chair. According…
The Public Relations Unit of Dr. Hilla Limann Technical University has issued a statement clearing speculations seeking to suggest that the University had given free forms to some members of Parliament for distribution. Some Members of Parliament for Upper West have devoted free university forms to their constituents in order to champion their course to…
Dr. Hannah Louisa Bissiw who is the National women’s Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress has confirmed that she is from a slave lineage in the Northern part of Ghana called Dafiama. Precisely in Upper West. Speaking in an interview which has been attached to this article below, she explained that, during the 2012…
Over hundred passengers and other vehicles have been stranded behind the Navariwie bridge in the Sissala East municipality. It’s about 15 km to the Sissala East capital, Tumu and the heavy rains that lasted over 6 hours yesterday is said to have caused the flooding of the area. Madam Safia Jacob who was travelling with…
The Member of Parliament for Nandom Constituency, Lawyer Ambrose P. Dery has offered to sponsor his constituents through Technical University Education at Dr. Hilla Limann Technical University. Statement “The Member of Parliament for Nandom Constituency, Ambrose Dery (MP) announces to all Nandome especially the youth who are interested in Technical Education and will want to…
Heavy rains with it’s accompanying lightning on Wednesday struck dead a student of the Hilla Liman Senior High School in Gwollu in the Sissala West District of the Upper West region. The deceased, 20-year-old Master Daana Gbene Mustapha is a student of General Arts 2E who hails from Kulfuo in the Sissala East District. Information…
A 50-year-old security officer has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Wa Circuit Court, presided over by Justice Baah Forson Adjapong, for defiling a 12-year-old girl in her residence at Tindamba, a suburb of Wa. The accused, Ibrahim Mahama, who works in the victim’s residence, is said to have had multiple unprotected sexual…
The destruction of major road networks in the Upper West Region of Ghana has compelled transport operators to increase their fares. The increase in fares according to the operators is due to long and winding journeys they now have to ply to reach their destinations. But the increase in lorry fares due to the situation…
A mobile money merchant located in Wa-Dobile has been put to a state of shock after she could not find her money in her drawer minutes after adding a Ghc5 note to them. According to the merchant, she give the scammer a direction to meet somebody along the Rawlings High street, the Merchant located close…
The widespread complaints about lack of essential medicines in some health facilities in the Upper West Region last year were fueled by disruptions in the supply chain due to the negative effects of COVID-19 and the huge debt owed to suppliers. Dr Damien Apunguyire, the Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, disclosed this in…
