President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would on Friday, December 7, announce additional boosts for farmers and the agricultural sector at the 2018 Farmers’ Day celebration, which takes place in Tamale. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, announced this, at a media briefing, in Accra, stated: “We will also use the provided opportunity to highlight work aimed at […]

Hundreds of women groups within the opposition National Democratic Congress, NDC in the Tamale Central Constituency, have began raising funds in support the party’s flagbearer hopeful,  John Dramani Mahama . The groups said this is to enable him get the GHc 420,000 nomination and filling fee announced by the party’s leadership. The women, who gathered […]

The College of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has called off its strike which commenced on the 29 September. The strike action which was aimed at compelling government to pay its members their market premium, as well as their book and research allowances, lasted for 24 academic days. The call-off followed a directive to […]

Mayor of the Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, Iddrisu Musah Superior has bemoaned the lackadaisical attitude of business operator within the Tamale Metropolis when it came to honoring their tax obligations to the assembly. According to him, the assembly is unable to properly function and deliver on its mandate owing to the scarcity of resources arising from […]

Commercial drivers have been urged to drink water regularly whilst driving to reduce stress and fatigue during long journeys. A Senior Emergency Medical Technician of the National Ambulance Service, Adams Abdul-Samad, gave the advice while speaking at a Road Safety education campaign in the Sunyani. The campaign organised by the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) […]

Minister of Education Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has said government is committed to upgrading all Technical and Vocational Training Institution across Ghana to enhance technical education and skills acquisition. In this regard, he said the government will provide 20 state of the art TVIT institutions and a center of excellence in all 10 regions to […]

Police investigators have been deployed to the East Gonja Municipality of the Northern Region in search of one Asuma Sulley, a teacher at the Salaga Senior High School for allegedly shooting and injuring a student from the area. Diamond News gathered that the victim, Mohammed Abdul- Rauf, 18yrs, a final year student of the Salaga […]

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) operating within the Northern Region have pledged their support towards the implementation of the final road map for the restoration of peace in the Dagbon Traditional Area. The CSOs led by Northern Ghana Network for Development (NGND) and the Dagbon Forum (DF) are undertaking a  series of activities on the need […]