Kumasi-Bolgatanga 330kV line commissioned; It’ll carry power to Burkina Faso

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 […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

‘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 […]

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 […]