President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the recent surge in violence in Bawku represents a deliberate attempt to undermine ongoing peace negotiations. Recent peace efforts to end the decades-old inter-tribal conflict appeared to have neared a full agreement until recent fatal attacks, including the killing of a Kusasi chief in the Ashanti Region and […]
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) says it has transitioned from peacekeeping to peace enforcement operations in Bawku and surrounding areas. This follows a directive by the President and Commander-in-Chief, John Dramani Mahama. According to the military, the decision became necessary due to the “activities of armed elements that have intermittently resulted in violence, reprisal attacks […]
The Regional Director of Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the North East Region, Dr Abdulai Abukari, says 328,691 persons were successfully vaccinated in the region, representing 84.1 per cent, the highest percentage coverage in the country. “It is a position we have held for several months now, and we hope to maintain […]
The Concerned youth of Gambaga in the North East Region are up in arms against the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, accusing her of clandestinely trying to move the East Mamprugu Municipal Assembly Headquarters from Gambaga to Nalerigu. The anger of the youth, BestNewsGH.com sources report, emanate from the appointment […]
It was homecoming of sorts for Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as he arrived in Nalerigu for the 2019 Damba Festival, where he was welcomed by a cheerful crowd and sang praises to him. The ecstasy was immeasurable as people from far and near flooded the streets of Nalerigu, dancing and firing musketry to […]
Incontrovertible evidence in the possession of BestNewsGH.com implicates former president John Mahama in a wave-buying scandal in the North East Region. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer who was in the Region in what he says is a thank you tour through the student wing of the NDC, the Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) […]
All is set for the Regional Delegates Conference of the ruling New Patriotic Party in the North East Region today. The venue for the event, the newly refurbished Assembly Hall of the Nalerigu Senior High School has been put in shape and is awash with posters of the various candidates. Secretary to the North East […]
The Overlord of Mamprugu, the Nayiri, Naa Bohugu Abdulai Mahami Sheriga, has thanked the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the creation of the North East Region. According to the Nayiri, the North East Region was “borne out of the visionary and sterling leadership of the President”, adding […]
The Progressive Youth of Mamprugu have raised concerns about what they describe as blatant falsehoods peddled by the Minister-Designate for the North East Region, Solomon Boar when he appeared before the appointments committee of Parliament yesterday, March 14, 2019 for vetting. According to the group, the Minister lied to the Appointments Committee that Nalerigu, the […]
The Concerned Youth of Gambaga, a pressure group who made a strong case for Gambaga to be made the capital of the North East Region have expressed their anger, frustration and disquiet about what they argue is the injustice and unfair treatment that has been dealt them and the entire Gambaga area, following the selection […]
The Progressive Youth of Mamprugu, a youth group is calling on the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to stick to his strong conviction of Gambaga being the most suitable location for siting the capital of the North East Region. Their call comes on the back of what they argue are machinations by […]
