Interior Minister Henry Quartey has been summoned to brief Parliament on Wednesday, June 26, on measures being taken by the government to address recent serial killings of private security personnel in Bole and Wa in the Upper West Region. Mr Andrew Amoako Asiamah, the Second Deputy Speaker, on Tuesday, gave the directive, when he presided […]
The Upper West Regional Police Command was attacked on Wednesday evening by hundreds of irate youth demanding the release of the three persons arrested for their alleged involvement in the public flogging of the two persons whose leaked sex video went viral on social media. The youth went on a rampage, pelting the facility with […]
All military personnel in Wa barracks who were on duty on July 1, when some of them brutalised residents, with the exception of the Duty Officer, have been punished. This was revealed after a 4-member committee tasked to investigate the assault in the Upper West Regional capital submitted its preliminary findings. Three of them have […]
The Wa Central MP, Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has demanded an apology from the military over the brutality meted to some of his constituents on Thursday. Speaking to JoyNews, Mr Pelpuo said he expects the military also to take up the medical bills and compensate the victims for the “dehumanising” activity they were subjected to. He stressed […]
A staff of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company, (NEDCo) stationed in the Upper West Regional Capital, Wa has been shot dead by some criminals suspected to armed robbers. The deceased who is only known as Eric, was said to have taken three days off duty to attend to some personal business in Kumasi when the unfortunate […]
The Upper West Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr. SB Kangbere began a tour of the media houses in the Upper West Region yesterday, Monday,January 27, 2020. BestNewsGH.com is informed that the visit was aimed at parting the media on the back for the good job they are doing and to impress upon […]
The Deputy Upper West Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, (ACP) Peter Ndekugri has stated that in spite of the fact that the numerical strength of the regional police service in the region has reduced following some changes in the affairs of the Regional Command, they were more than poised to combat crime in […]
A three acre farm has been torched and razed to the ground in Loho, near Wa in the Upper West Region. The farm, BestNewsGH.com is informed was used for the cultivation of various crops including cashew, mango, pawpaw, mahogany seedlings, aloe vera and cacia. Speaking to BestNewsGH.com on the incident, owner of the Farm, Prince […]
A two-year-old boy who was allegedly refused treatment for snake bite at the Upper West Regional Hospital in Wa has died. The boy was bitten by a snake in a Bambara beans farm at Boli in the Wa municipality Saturday, and the mother had to carry him on her back to trek more than 3 […]
An indigene of Wa in the Upper West Region, Victor Pul has made history today [Tuesday 15th October, 2019] as he piloted the first scheduled commercial flight to the new Wa airport. Pul, a First Officer of Embraer 145 for Africa World Airlines (AWA) touched down in Wa at 11.30am. “Growing up in the northern […]
Indigenous Ghanaian Airline, Africa World Airlines will be flying three times a week to its newest destination, Wa, the Upper West Regional Capital. The Company yesterday September 5 2019 opened advance ticket sales for Wa and customers can purchase same for the first flight due on October 15 2019. The company said there will be […]
Following the arrest of a gun-wielding suspected terrorist in a Catholic church at Hamile last week Sunday, the military has provided security for worshippers of that church today. JoyNews’ Rafiq Salam reported of heavy military patrols around the church and its adjoining communities. George Naaikur has expressed satisfaction at the development. He is a member of […]
