President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the 330kV Kumasi-Bolgatanga electricity transmission project at the Anwomaso Substation of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo). Financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) at a total cost of US$173.9 million, with a grant of €4.8 million from the European Union, the project consists of the construction of approximately […]
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‘May God have mercy on your soul as I sentence you to death’ – Judge to spiritualist who killed wife, daughter to pacify idols
A presiding judge at the Bolgatanga High Court has sentenced Mbawona Tindana, a self-styled spiritualist, to death for killing his wife and daughter to pacify his idols. Justice Charles Adjei Wilson, in delivering his ruling, prayed for mercy from above for the culprit. “May the Almighty God and Allah have mercy on your soul as […]
Spiritualist sentenced to death for killing wife, daughter to pacify idols
“May the Almighty God and Allah have mercy on your soul as I sentence you to death” were the last words of the supervising Judge at the Bolgatanga High Court, Justice Charles Adjei Wilson, when he sentenced Mbawona Tindana, a self-styled spiritualist to death for killing his wife and daughter. Tindana, 35, who had been […]
GBA set for polls in Bolga
Lawyers in the country will converge this weekend in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region for the 2021 Ghana Bar Conference. The conference will serve as a forum to review activities of the Bar for the past three years and plan for the next three years. This year’s conference is on the theme, ‘Ensuring an increase […]
COVID-19: Drinking bars, game centres to be closed in Bolgatanga
The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly in the Upper East Region will soon close down drinking spots and game centers to avoid communal drinking and gathering to suppress the spread of Covid-19. Information reaching the Ghana News Agency (GNA), in Bolgatanga from a source close to the Assembly said in spite of the constant reminders of residents […]
‘I was an only child from a ‘poor’ but blessed family’-Isaac Adongo’s full tribute to his late Mother
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Bolgatanga Central Constituency in the Upper East Region, Isaac Adongo has paid glowing to his late mother who was buried last week. In a very touching and emotional tribute in the possession of BestNewsGH.com, the Bolgatanga Central legislator chronicled the challenges, trials and difficulties […]
UER: 3 children drown in dam constructed under 1 village 1 dam
Grief and uncontrollable wailing were the plights of residents of Bolga-Soe in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East Region on Monday afternoon when the bodies of three children were retrieved from a dam recently constructed under the government’s flagship project, 1 Village 1 Dam. The children, aged 9, 10 and 11, were named as […]
Rev. Eastwood Anaba eulogises Dr. Bawumia, says he is Prudent, Patient and Purposeful
The Founder of the Eastwood Anaba Ministries and Head Pastor of the Fountain Gate Chapel, Rev. Eastwood Anaba has heaped plaudits on the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, describing him as a man of prudence, patience and purpose. Rev. Eastwood Anaba made these remarks about the Vice President of Ghana during a church service to […]
Time consciousness and diplomacy are my assets, I will use them if approved as UE regional minister-Paulina Abayage
The Upper East Regional Minister Designate, Paulina Tangaba Abayage has said she would capitalize on her accumulated experience in terms of time consciousness and Diplomacy to her new portfolio as regional Minister if she is approved by parliament. She said those were lessons she learnt while she was Ghana’s Ambassador to Italy and that she […]
UE/R: President Akufo-Addo inaugurates 225kv Bolgatanga-Ouagadougou power interconnection project
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has inaugurated the 225 kilovolts Bolgatanga to Ouagadougou Power Interconnection Project, which will see up to 100 megawatts of power supplied directly to Burkina Faso from Ghana. At the inauguration ceremony on Friday, 5th October, 2018, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, President Akufo-Addo stated that the successful completion of this […]