About 44 students and 26 security personnel reportedly fainted during the March 6, 2024, Independence Day parade at the Tamale Jubilee Park. The students and personnel stood in the scorching sun for hours and it is believed that might have resulted in their collapse. Officials from the Ghana Red Cross Society, Ambulance Service and other […]
Tag: Tamale
Ghanaian Chef Faila ends world record cook-a-thon attempt after 227 hours
After ten gruelling days whipping up delicious meals for patrons, Chef Abdul-Razak Failatu has potentially cooked her way into the Guinness World Record books for the longest culinary marathon. With a staggering 227 hours under her belt, she has comfortably surpassed the current record held by Irish Chef Alan Fisher (119 hours and 57 minutes), […]
Investigations begin into toilet dormitory: GHANASCO authorities refute report
A fact-finding mission, led by the Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in charge of Management Services, Stephen Kwaku Owusu, yesterday visited the Ghana Senior High School (GHANASCO) in Tamale, following reports of a toilet facility being converted into a dormitory to house some students of the school. The visit was to assess […]
Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale Most Rev. Gregory Kpiebaya passes on
Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Tamale, Most Rev. Gregory E. Kpiebaya has passed on. He died early Tuesday (May 31, 2022), the Catholic Church in Ghana has announced. A statement signed and issued by the President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference and current Archbishop of Tamale, Most Rev. Philip Naameh said he […]
Police apologise to Tamale ‘assault’ victims but…
The Ghana Police Service has served notice it will arrest and bring to book, a group of irate youth who embarked on an unlawful demonstration and vandalised the Police Divisional Headquarters building and VRA office in Tamale on Saturday. The youth were protesting against the assault of some residents by policemen during a recent anti-power […]
VIDEO: Police interdicts 4 officers for assaulting alleged power thieves
The Ghana Police Service has interdicted four police officers for unprofessional conduct after they allegedly assaulted some persons in Tamale in the Northern Region on September 21, 2021. The four officers working with the Northern Regional Police Command were assigned to assist NEDCO/VRA officials to arrest some persons allegedly involved in illegal power connections. A […]
COVID-19: Infected Guinean escapes from quarantine facility at Tamale
One of the eight Guineans who tested positive for the novel coronavirus has escaped from the facility in which they are being quarantined in Tamale. According to the Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, the patient, a woman in her early 20s, scaled over a wall leaving behind her belongings on Monday. He described it as […]
Police in Tamale detain and send over 30 Burkina Faso-bound passengers to Hospital for COVID-19 testing
Police in Tamale in the Northern Region have detained over 30 passengers on board a sprinter bus at Lamashegu in the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly. The passengers, all foreigners are believed to have been trying to escape the lockdown in Greater Accra and Kumasi, which came into effect on Monday, March 30. Reports indicate that youth […]
COVID-19: 11 more cases confirmed, 10 in Tamale; total now stands at 152
Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have increased to 152 from 141, the Ghana Health Service has confirmed. The Service said the 11 new cases, were recorded on Sunday, March 29, 2020. Ten of the new cases are among persons who were under mandatory quarantine in the Northern Regional Capital Tamale, under the direction of the Regional Security […]
New Voters Register: Some opposition parties storm Tamale with Tikusayi Korinfohili demo
Some opposition Political Parties in the country have hit the streets of the Northern Regional Capital, Tamale, demonstrating against the compilation of a new Voters Register for the 2020 elections. The Inter-Party Resistance Against the new Voters Register’s demonstration is currently underway in Tamale and has seen thousands in attendance. The Tikusayi Korinfohili demonstration BestNewsGH.com […]
Just in: Aliu Mahama’s Mafara Hotel completely burnt down in Tamale
Confirmed reports from the Northern Regional Capital, indicates that a very popular hotel in the Tamale Metropolis belonging to Late Vice President Aliu Mahama has been razed down completely by fire. The Russian Bungalow-based 3.5 star Mafara hotel according to BestNewsGH.com sources got burnt a while ago. Farouk Mahama, son of the late Vice president […]
Alleged kidnapper arrested in Tamale, claims the 5-yr-old victim is dead
Police in the Northern Region have picked up a 39-year-old woman who allegedly kidnapped a five-year-old girl in October 2019. She was picked up in Salaga in the Savannah Region early Tuesday morning after a month of investigations into the reported missing of a five-year-old girl, Fadila Mohammed, at Lamashegu, a suburb of Tamale. The […]