The President of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs, Naba Olando Ayamga Awuni III, who is also Paramount Chief of Naaga Traditional Area, says the decision taken by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to seek a second term in office is wholly appropriate and will be granted by the electorate. […]
The Upper East Region has recorded ten new COVID-19 cases from three Districts, bringing the total number of cases to 18 and one death. The recorded cases included one in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality, and one each in the Bawku West and Pusiga Districts. The Bolgatanga and Bawku Municipalities which earlier recorded cases have also recorded […]
The Upper East Regional Health Directorate has confirmed that two health personnel have tested positive to COVID-19 in the Region. The two are said to be staff of the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital who came into contact with the first case the facility recorded on the 3rd of April, involving a 33 year old resident of […]
The Upper East Regional Minister has given more clarification to an incident that resulted in a woman who tested positive for Covid-19, leaving the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital. According to Paulina Tangoba Abayage, when the 33-year woman reported to the health facility, she was showing signs of the virus but that stopped after her samples were […]
A total of 54 persons have picked nomination forms to contest in the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) parliamentary primaries in fifteen constituencies in the Upper East Region. The number comprises of three women and 51 men. The party opened nominations from July 10 to July 12 for the primaries. The filing of the nomination forms […]
The Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), Mr Kwame Asuah Takyi, has bemoaned the deplorable state of commands and border posts in the Northern and Upper East Regional Immigration Commands, describing the situation as “unacceptable”. The CGI made this observation when he paid a working visit to the two regional commands of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) […]
Former Medical Director of the Ridge Hospital, now known as the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Dr. Thomas Anaba is now a full time politician with the stables of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). The Executive Director of the African Centre for Health Policy Research and Analysis (ACH-PRA), yesterday Friday, February 22 2019 rounded up […]
The Upper East Regional Minister, Paulina Abayage will tomorrow, Saturday, February 16 2019 mark her first one hundred (100) days in office in Bolga, the Upper East Regional Capital. A series of activities have been lined up to mark the celebration including holding a breakfast meeting with religious and other opinion leaders at the residency. […]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) received 26 Nissan pickup trucks from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), on January 4 to support healthcare services delivery in the 3 northern regions. The beneficiary districts include: ▪Upper East: Pusiga Binduri Nabdam Kassena Nankana West Bawku Municipal Bolgatanga Municipal Builsa North Builsa South Bongo District ▪Upper West : […]
The Minister for Aviation and Member of Parliament for Navrongo Constituency in the Upper East Region, Joseph Kofi Addah has advised Minister-Designate for the Upper East Region, Paulina Tangaba Abayage to prioritize issues relating to widows in the region by taking good care of them. According to him, the indifference being exhibited by citizens of […]
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 […]
The former Medical Director for the Ridge Hospital, now known as the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Dr. Thomas Anaba has donated some desks and other learning materials to the Worikambo Roman Catholic Primary School in the Garu District of the Upper East Region. The school was founded by his mother in 1997 which she later […]
